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MineralMan

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7. Not so. Semmelweis recognized that it was

Reply to Celebration (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 09:00 PM

Jun 2012

a microbial invection, and recommended carbolic acid as a disinfectant. Your information is faulty.

He used the scientific method to isolate the cause of those infections, and then reasoned out a preventative measure. It worked marvelously well, but was ignored by doctors who refused to accept his findings.

There is an excellent book on the subject. I suggest reading it.

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Quackery Then and Now [View all] HuckleB Jun 2012 OP

yeah, and maybe alternative practitioners will end up like Semmelweis Celebration Jun 2012 #1

If that's all you can offer as a defense of alternative BS, well.... HuckleB Jun 2012 #3

Seems quite unlikely to me. MineralMan Jun 2012 #4

Semmelweis is a perfect example Celebration Jun 2012 #5

Not so. Semmelweis recognized that it was MineralMan Jun 2012 #7

and he wasn't believed Celebration Jun 2012 #8

Can you count the logical fallacies you've offered as a way of defending quackery...? HuckleB Jun 2012 #9

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jun 2012 #2

Meh! My homeopathic remedies still work the same! longship Jun 2012 #6