tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post286011405955513973..comments2024-03-04T10:43:03.201+00:00Comments on The Reason Stick: Correlation, Causation, Pseudo-Medicine, God & LucozadeCrispian Jagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16834942943012382473noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-68691630826459923712010-04-17T23:04:25.962+01:002010-04-17T23:04:25.962+01:00I used to have a lot of stomach problems and took ...I used to have a lot of stomach problems and took up drinking mint tea for them. It helped a little - not that I particularly like it. But then I decided to try some when I felt fine - and it made me feel ill! Perhaps it was simply a sort of ingrained correlation.<br /><br />I don't think I ever got much medicine when I was ill as a little kid - my parents were doctors. And I don't think I've ever even drunk Lucozade. Aaaaahhh, the gaping chasms!Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14217937730862636923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-62296615275767204042009-08-25T21:28:17.101+01:002009-08-25T21:28:17.101+01:00Your die is a great idea.
When my children were po...Your die is a great idea.<br />When my children were poorly they were offered the comfort and security of the 'Magic Dressing-Gown'. Its efficacy was unrivalled at making them feel cuddled and loved yet the concept was ridiculous enough to avoid any side-effects polluting their rational thought processes.forumlogichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05812561206074047654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-42482502532592052462009-08-04T23:02:18.284+01:002009-08-04T23:02:18.284+01:00Lucozade is beneficial if your illness causes you ...Lucozade is beneficial if your illness causes you to lose electrolytes. Vomiting, diahorrea and inabilty to eat would all be a problem here.<br /><br />I'm not sure about flu though - maybe it was just nice to have a sweet soft drink.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940570413170689012.post-91297019882923360302009-08-04T21:21:29.758+01:002009-08-04T21:21:29.758+01:00Ha... :) And I had the opposite situation in child...Ha... :) And I had the opposite situation in childhood. When I was in my first kindergarten (I was 3 y.o. and it was little kindergarten in remote village), children liked to try one sweet officinal mixture like some delicacy. It consisted of Serpylli herbae extract + Potassium bromide + sugar syrup. Enough harmless children's medicine for a cough. This stuff seemed very tasty to unspoilt rural children , though I (daughter of Head of local hospital) hated this mixture because of specific smack of thyme. And later, in the pioneer camp (I was 7 y.o.) children had penetrated once into medical station, when the doctor was absent there (by the way, the doctor was my mom ;) ) and had eaten away all vitamin C as some bonbons (note - children knew excellently about both sweet-sour taste and medical properties of this vitamin, including the knowledge that overdosage would be practically harmless!). <br />In brief, an anti-quackery simply prospered in USSR ... :)Svetlana Pertsovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13580114067397616251noreply@blogger.com