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In reply to the discussion: Rickety Woo [View all]Progressive dog
(6,899 posts)49. Drug companies scour the world for local remedies,
the number of drugs based on these is enormous. The woo is only when the drugs have proven worthless or dangerous in testing and purveyors of woo ignore the science.
While historically the "rickets" cure is interesting, it has little to do with what is and isn't woo. Something that can be proven to work is not woo. The bark certainly wasn't unethically tested on someone with rickets, so obviously the doctor already knew that he was looking for vitamin D and he knew how to find it. This had nothing to do with woo of any kind.
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in my discipline we make a strong distinction between science and natural history...
mike_c
Jan 2014
#34
One would think that it would be redundant to tell the "politically liberal" posters in DU to
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#12
The problem I see is that a small group has decided that they can make the decision
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#25
As I pointed out, it was not necessarily boiled, and minimal amounts can survive to cure scurvy. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2014
#62
I did read, which is why I responded the way I did. Where is the OP?
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2014
#66
OP = Original Poster. If you read my post that would have been clear to you.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2014
#68
Having an open mind has not a DAMN THING to do with whether something is 'woo'.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2014
#38
There's nothing about that story that was unscientific. Various variables were considered and
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#48