The Power of the Placebo
Nov. 24th, 2002 01:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheWhen the Placebo Works
This stood out as the clincher:
"[P]lacebo advocates note greater effectiveness depending on the type of placebo--those given by injection are more effective than drinking colored liquid, while people given a placebo said to be morphine report less pain than patients told they were receiving generic aspirin".
The mind has powers we have yet but fathomed.
Only 1/9 of a glacier is obvious to the naked eye.
This stood out as the clincher:
"[P]lacebo advocates note greater effectiveness depending on the type of placebo--those given by injection are more effective than drinking colored liquid, while people given a placebo said to be morphine report less pain than patients told they were receiving generic aspirin".
The mind has powers we have yet but fathomed.
Only 1/9 of a glacier is obvious to the naked eye.
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the minds eye
Date: 2002-11-24 06:16 am (UTC)