[lbo-talk] putting quackery to the test

[joanna]

quinine for malaria is one thing that comes to mind, aspirin is another. 
There are many, many more. I just can't figure out how to google it.

Joanna

Andy F wrote:


> On 8/9/06, joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote regarding stolen therapies:
>
>> Is this willful misreading? ravi is talking about the fact that western
>> medicine adopts traditional remedies which, once incorporated into
>> western science, are held to demonstrate the superiority of western
>> science NOT the wisdom and empirical work of the cultures that developed
>> them.
>
>
> Could you give an example of this?
>