Placebo in history

（重定向自Obecalp）

Doctors and surgeons such as Ambroise Paré traditionally emphasized the importance of consoling the patient through the use of 'placebos'. This is the title page to one of Paré's works.

Metallic Tractors. Caricature of a quack treating a patient with Perkins Patent Tractors by James Gillray, 1801.

John Haygarth was the first to demonstrate the placebo effect in 1799.

Placebo in history is the account of the changing understanding of the phenomena of the placebo effect and term "placebo".

The word was first used in a medicinal context in the late 18th century to describe a "commonplace method or medicine" and in 1811 it was defined as "any medicine adapted more to please than to benefit the patient". Although this definition contained a derogatory implication it did not necessarily imply that the remedy had no effect.

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释义	Obecalp 英语百科 Placebo in history （重定向自Obecalp） Placebo in history is the account of the changing understanding of the phenomena of the placebo effect and term "placebo". The word was first used in a medicinal context in the late 18th century to describe a "commonplace method or medicine" and in 1811 it was defined as "any medicine adapted more to please than to benefit the patient". Although this definition contained a derogatory implication it did not necessarily imply that the remedy had no effect.
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