John Garside writes: > >Oh yes, those whackos are certainly a collective piece of work! > > Too true. > > Louis's approach.
Despite its typical terseness, I believe that your enigmatic comment is referring to the great French physician Pierre Louis, whose careful attention to detail and "numerical method" led to great advances in the application of statistics to medicine. His work led to the abandonment of bloodletting as a standard treatment and ushered in the era of modern medicine. This is indeed a fine example of applied skepticism and an enlightened model to follow. A tip o' the hat to you. Regards, Alan Siegrist Orinda, CA, USA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
