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ArticleJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine2006

A brief history of homeopathy.

Irvine Loudon

Abstract readHistorical Article
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Article in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
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  4. A qualitative study of pharmacists' perceptions and awareness of homoeopathic medicines in Durban, South Africa.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2023
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Yes to pluralistic health system, but no to homeopathy.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2023
    Article
  7. Review
  8. Against all odds-the persistent popularity of homeopathy.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2020
    Review
  9. Article
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  11. The complementary and alternative medicine for endometriosis: a review of utilization and mechanism.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2014
    Review
  12. 'A brief history of homeopathy'.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2007
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Irvine LoudonGreen College, Oxford.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

History, 18th CenturyHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyHomeopathyHumansQuackeryTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID17139061
PMCPMC1676328

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Registered trials

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