Lexicon:Placebo, placebo effect
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| Term: | placebo, placebo effect |
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| References: | HMS Surprise, page 264 The Mauritius Command, page 92 The Hundred Days, page 16 |
| Meaning: | A placebo is any treatment or medicine that produces no physical effect on the body, a "sugar pill", but can nevertheless make a patient feel better when the patient believes in the efficacy of the treatment. |
Notes:
See also, Lexicon:Placebo (Guide for the Perplexed).
Additional information
Maturin's Medicine — This article is based on information from Maturin's Medicine, compiled and edited by Kerry Webb, with the help of a number of contributors.
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