On Dec 30, 2007, at 1:54 PM, homeolist (AT) otherhealth (DOT) com wrote:

>
>>
>> I'm sure you'll learn something from the following:
>>
>> 'http://www.quantec.ch/english/biocom...y_quantec.html'
>> (http://tinyurl.com/7uwd8)
>
> and i hope you learn something from the following
>> In 2003 a group of pharmacologists of the University of Leipzig
>> claimed
>> to have proven the efficacy of high-potency homeopathic Belladonna
>> solutions (D32, D60 and D100). The authors, Franziska Schmidt, Prof.
>> Karen Nieber and Prof. Wolfgang Suess had done in-vitro-experiments
>> with
>> tissue from the rat intestine. Even before the publication of their
>> positive results
> the homeopathic community was so enthusiastic about
>> this new proof of homeopathy that in 2003 the three authors were
>> awarded
>> the "Heinrich-Reckeweg-Preis" (worth 10.000 Euros) of the
>> International
>> Society of Homotoxicology
>> ('www.uni-leipzig.de/presse2003/homoeopathie.html'
>> (http://www.uni-leipzig.de/presse2003...opathie.html)).
>> Skeptics soon pointed out that the study was seriously flawed
>> ('www.xy44.de/belladonna' (http://www.xy44.de/belladonna)) and
>> complained with the dean of the faculty where the results were
>> produced.

Can you explain in what way this study was said to be flawed? It would
be great to be able to read that letter to the dean. Is that possible,
or even a summary?

>> Nothing happened for quite a while, but now the German
>> Pharmacistś
>> Journal (Deutsche Apothekerzeitung) reports in its latest issue (2005,
>> vol. 145, no. 44, pp. 24f.) that the authors have now admitted that
>> their study was flawed;

Again, what flaw(s) did they describe? Without knowing that, it's hard
to comment...
Thanks,
Shannon

>> and that, as a consequence, the publication has
>> been withdrawn from the journal Biologische Medizin and the Reckeweg
>> Prize has been returned. Indeed, the award notice was removed without
>> comment from Niebeŕs homepage in the night from November 8 to 9,
>> 2005.
>>
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> http://www.randi.org/jr/200511/111805setback.html
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> sorry i have to go out now. will write more tomorrow
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