At 23:44 30/01/2009, Alan Siegrist wrote: > > 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.
Thanks. I was referring to the link I proffered. john g --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
