Placebo Archives - The James Lind Library The James Lind Library

INTERVENTIONS — PLACEBO

SORT date ▲ author clear filters

29 RECORDS
3 ARTICLES

FILTER RECORDS BY

Smellie W (1752)
A treatise on the theory and practice of Midwifery. 2nd edition. London: D. Wilson, T Durham, p 224.

View

Pierce R (1763)
Quoted in Sutherland A. Attempts to revive ancient medical doctrines Volume 1. London: A Millar, pp xxiii-xxiv.

View

Cullen W (1772)
Clinical lectures. Edinburgh, Feb-April, 218-219.

View

Mesmer FA (1781)
Précis historique des faits relatifs au magnétisme animal jusques en avril 1781. Par M. Mesmer, Docteur en Médecine de la Faculté de Vienne. Ouvrage traduit de l'Allemand [Historical account of facts relating to animal magnetism up to April 1781. By M. Mesmer, Doctor in Medicine of the Vienna Faculty. Work translated from German]. A Londres [false imprint, probably Paris.] pp. 111-114; 182.

View

Commission Royale. Bailly A (1784)
Rapport des commissaires chargés par le Roi, de l'examen du magnétisme animale [Report of the Comissioners required by the King to examine animal magnetism]. Imprimé par ordre du Roi. Paris: A Paris, de L'Imprimerie Royale.

View

Gordon A (1788)
The practice of physick. Unpublished manuscript.

View

Hunter J (1788)
A treatise on the venereal disease. London: G Nicol and J Johnson, pp 69-70.

View

Ministry of Internal Affairs (1832)
[Conclusion of the Medical Council regarding homeopathic treatment] . Zhurnal Ministerstva Vnutrennih del;3:49-63.

View

Hunter J (1835)
The works of John Hunter FRS, edited by James F Palmer, Vol 1. London: Longman et al., p 360.

View

Forbes J (1846)
Homoeopathy, allopathy and “young physic”. British and Foreign Medical Review 225-265.

View

Flint A (1863)
A contribution toward the natural history of articular rheumatism; consisting of a report of thirteen cases treated solely with palliative measures. American Journal of the Medical Sciences 46:17-36.

View

Stuart W (1889)
A remarkable case of morphine addiction. BMJ 1:1051-52.

View

Cobb LA, Thomas GI, Dillard DH, Merendino KA, Bruce RA (1959)
An Evaluation of Internal-Mammary-Artery Ligation by a Double-Blind Technic. New England Journal of Medicine 260:1115-1118.

View

Dimond EG, Kittle CF, Crockett JE (1960)
Comparison of internal mammary artery ligation and sham operation for angina pectoris∗. The American Journal of Cardiology 5:483-486.

View

Thomsen J, Bretlau P, Tos M, Johnsen NJ (1981)
Ménière's disease: endolymphatic sac decompression compared with sham (placebo) decompression. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 374:820-30.

View

MacLeod IA, Mills PR, MacKenzie JF, Joffe SN, Russell RI, Carter DC (1983)
Neodymium yttrium aluminium garnet laser photocoagulation for major haemorrhage from peptic ulcers and single vessels: a single blind controlled study. BMJ (Clin Res Ed) 286:345.

View

Fleischer D (1985)
Endoscopic Nd: YAG laser therapy for active esophageal variceal bleeding. A randomized controlled study. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 31:4-9.

View

Freitas D, Donato A, Monteiro JG (1985)
Controlled trial of liquid monopolar electrocoagulation in bleeding peptic ulcers. American Journal of Gastroenterology 80:853-7.

View

Gracely RH, Dubner R, Deeter WR, Wolskee PJ (1985)
Clinicians’ expectations influence placebo analgesia. Lancet 325:43. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(85)90984-5

View

Lindor KD, Hughes RW, Ilstrup DM, Jensen (1987)
Intragastric balloons in comparison with standard therapy for obesity - a randomized, double-blind trial. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 62:992–6.

View

Meshkinpour H, Hsu D, Farivar S (1988)
Effect of gastric bubble as a weight reduction device: a controlled, crossover study. Gastroenterology 95:589–92.

View

Mathus-Vliegen EM, Tytgat GN, Veldhuyzen-Offermans EA (1990)
Intragastric balloon in the treatment of super-morbid obesity. Double-blind, sham-controlled, crossover evaluation of 500-milliliter balloon. Gastroenterology 99:362-9.

View

Veterans Affairs Cooperative Variceal Sclerotherapy Group (1994)
Sclerotherapy for male alcoholic cirrhotic patients who have bled from esophageal varices: results of a randomized, multicenter clinical trial. Hepatology 20:618-25.

View

Hartigan P (1994)
Sclerotherapy for male alcoholic cirrhotic patients who have bled from esophageal varices: Results of a randomized, multicenter clinical trial. The Veterans Affairs Cooperative Variceal Sclerotherapy Group. Hepatology 20:618–625.

View

Sutton CJ, Ewen SP, Whitelaw N, Haines P (1994)
Prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of laser laparoscopy in the treatment of pelvic pain associated with minimal, mild, and moderate endometriosis. Fertil Steril 62:696–700.

View

Zucker DR, Schmid CH, McIntosh MW, D'Agostino RB, Selker HP, Lau J (1997)
Combining single patient (N-of-1) trials to estimate population treatment effects and to evaluate individual patient responses to treatment. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 50:410-410.

View

Waller LA (1997)
A note on Harold S Diehl, randomization, and clinical trials. Controlled Clinical Trials 18: 180-183.

View

Freed CR, Greene PE, Breeze RE, Tsai WY, DuMouchel W, Kao R, Dillon S, Winfield H, Culver S, Trojanowski JQ, Eidelberg D, Fahn S (2001)
Transplantation of embryonic dopamine neurons for severe Parkinson’s disease. New England Journal of Medicine 344:710–719.

View

Punja S, Xu D, Schmid CH, Hartling L, Urichuk L, Nikles CJ, Vohra S (2016)
N of 1 trials can be aggregated to generate group mean treatment effects: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 76:65-75.

View

Show

Kerr CE, Milne I, Kaptchuk TJ (2007).
William Cullen and a missing mind-body link in the early history of placebos. JLL Bulletin: Commentaries on the history of treatment evaluation.

View

Mirza RD, Punja S, Vohra S, Guyatt G (2017).
The history and development of N of 1 trials. JLL Bulletin: Commentaries on the history of treatment evaluation.

View

Kirakosian R, Möllenbrink L, Zamore G, Kaptchuk TJ, Jensen K (2023).
Heresy, witchcraft, Jean Gerson, scepticism, and the use of placebo controls. JLL Bulletin: Commentaries on the history of treatment evaluation.

View

James Lind LibraryIllustrating the development of fair tests of treatments in health care

INTERVENTIONS — PLACEBO

SORT date ▲ author clear filters

29 RECORDS

3 ARTICLES

Smellie W (1752) A treatise on the theory and practice of Midwifery. 2nd edition. London: D. Wilson, T Durham, p 224.

Pierce R (1763) Quoted in Sutherland A. Attempts to revive ancient medical doctrines Volume 1. London: A Millar, pp xxiii-xxiv.

Cullen W (1772) Clinical lectures. Edinburgh, Feb-April, 218-219.

Commission Royale. Bailly A (1784) Rapport des commissaires chargés par le Roi, de l'examen du magnétisme animale [Report of the Comissioners required by the King to examine animal magnetism]. Imprimé par ordre du Roi. Paris: A Paris, de L'Imprimerie Royale.

Gordon A (1788) The practice of physick. Unpublished manuscript.

Hunter J (1788) A treatise on the venereal disease. London: G Nicol and J Johnson, pp 69-70.

Ministry of Internal Affairs (1832) [Conclusion of the Medical Council regarding homeopathic treatment] . Zhurnal Ministerstva Vnutrennih del;3:49-63.

Hunter J (1835) The works of John Hunter FRS, edited by James F Palmer, Vol 1. London: Longman et al., p 360.

Forbes J (1846) Homoeopathy, allopathy and “young physic”. British and Foreign Medical Review 225-265.

Flint A (1863) A contribution toward the natural history of articular rheumatism; consisting of a report of thirteen cases treated solely with palliative measures. American Journal of the Medical Sciences 46:17-36.

Stuart W (1889) A remarkable case of morphine addiction. BMJ 1:1051-52.

Cobb LA, Thomas GI, Dillard DH, Merendino KA, Bruce RA (1959) An Evaluation of Internal-Mammary-Artery Ligation by a Double-Blind Technic. New England Journal of Medicine 260:1115-1118.

Dimond EG, Kittle CF, Crockett JE (1960) Comparison of internal mammary artery ligation and sham operation for angina pectoris∗. The American Journal of Cardiology 5:483-486.

Thomsen J, Bretlau P, Tos M, Johnsen NJ (1981) Ménière's disease: endolymphatic sac decompression compared with sham (placebo) decompression. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 374:820-30.

MacLeod IA, Mills PR, MacKenzie JF, Joffe SN, Russell RI, Carter DC (1983) Neodymium yttrium aluminium garnet laser photocoagulation for major haemorrhage from peptic ulcers and single vessels: a single blind controlled study. BMJ (Clin Res Ed) 286:345.

Fleischer D (1985) Endoscopic Nd: YAG laser therapy for active esophageal variceal bleeding. A randomized controlled study. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 31:4-9.

Freitas D, Donato A, Monteiro JG (1985) Controlled trial of liquid monopolar electrocoagulation in bleeding peptic ulcers. American Journal of Gastroenterology 80:853-7.

Gracely RH, Dubner R, Deeter WR, Wolskee PJ (1985) Clinicians’ expectations influence placebo analgesia. Lancet 325:43. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(85)90984-5

Lindor KD, Hughes RW, Ilstrup DM, Jensen (1987) Intragastric balloons in comparison with standard therapy for obesity - a randomized, double-blind trial. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 62:992–6.

Meshkinpour H, Hsu D, Farivar S (1988) Effect of gastric bubble as a weight reduction device: a controlled, crossover study. Gastroenterology 95:589–92.

Mathus-Vliegen EM, Tytgat GN, Veldhuyzen-Offermans EA (1990) Intragastric balloon in the treatment of super-morbid obesity. Double-blind, sham-controlled, crossover evaluation of 500-milliliter balloon. Gastroenterology 99:362-9.

Veterans Affairs Cooperative Variceal Sclerotherapy Group (1994) Sclerotherapy for male alcoholic cirrhotic patients who have bled from esophageal varices: results of a randomized, multicenter clinical trial. Hepatology 20:618-25.

Hartigan P (1994) Sclerotherapy for male alcoholic cirrhotic patients who have bled from esophageal varices: Results of a randomized, multicenter clinical trial. The Veterans Affairs Cooperative Variceal Sclerotherapy Group. Hepatology 20:618–625.

Sutton CJ, Ewen SP, Whitelaw N, Haines P (1994) Prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of laser laparoscopy in the treatment of pelvic pain associated with minimal, mild, and moderate endometriosis. Fertil Steril 62:696–700.

Zucker DR, Schmid CH, McIntosh MW, D'Agostino RB, Selker HP, Lau J (1997) Combining single patient (N-of-1) trials to estimate population treatment effects and to evaluate individual patient responses to treatment. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 50:410-410.

Waller LA (1997) A note on Harold S Diehl, randomization, and clinical trials. Controlled Clinical Trials 18: 180-183.

Freed CR, Greene PE, Breeze RE, Tsai WY, DuMouchel W, Kao R, Dillon S, Winfield H, Culver S, Trojanowski JQ, Eidelberg D, Fahn S (2001) Transplantation of embryonic dopamine neurons for severe Parkinson’s disease. New England Journal of Medicine 344:710–719.

Punja S, Xu D, Schmid CH, Hartling L, Urichuk L, Nikles CJ, Vohra S (2016) N of 1 trials can be aggregated to generate group mean treatment effects: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 76:65-75.

Show ALL ARTICLES Brief histories Commentaries Biographies Personal reflections Doctoral theses

Kerr CE, Milne I, Kaptchuk TJ (2007).William Cullen and a missing mind-body link in the early history of placebos. JLL Bulletin: Commentaries on the history of treatment evaluation.

Mirza RD, Punja S, Vohra S, Guyatt G (2017).The history and development of N of 1 trials. JLL Bulletin: Commentaries on the history of treatment evaluation.

Kirakosian R, Möllenbrink L, Zamore G, Kaptchuk TJ, Jensen K (2023).Heresy, witchcraft, Jean Gerson, scepticism, and the use of placebo controls. JLL Bulletin: Commentaries on the history of treatment evaluation.

INTERVENTIONS

BROWSE

ABOUT

COPYRIGHT

FEEDBACK

James Lind Library
Illustrating the development of fair tests of treatments in health care

Smellie W (1752)
A treatise on the theory and practice of Midwifery. 2nd edition. London: D. Wilson, T Durham, p 224.

Pierce R (1763)
Quoted in Sutherland A. Attempts to revive ancient medical doctrines Volume 1. London: A Millar, pp xxiii-xxiv.

Cullen W (1772)
Clinical lectures. Edinburgh, Feb-April, 218-219.

Commission Royale. Bailly A (1784)
Rapport des commissaires chargés par le Roi, de l'examen du magnétisme animale [Report of the Comissioners required by the King to examine animal magnetism]. Imprimé par ordre du Roi. Paris: A Paris, de L'Imprimerie Royale.

Gordon A (1788)
The practice of physick. Unpublished manuscript.

Hunter J (1788)
A treatise on the venereal disease. London: G Nicol and J Johnson, pp 69-70.

Ministry of Internal Affairs (1832)
[Conclusion of the Medical Council regarding homeopathic treatment] . Zhurnal Ministerstva Vnutrennih del;3:49-63.

Hunter J (1835)
The works of John Hunter FRS, edited by James F Palmer, Vol 1. London: Longman et al., p 360.

Forbes J (1846)
Homoeopathy, allopathy and “young physic”. British and Foreign Medical Review 225-265.

Flint A (1863)
A contribution toward the natural history of articular rheumatism; consisting of a report of thirteen cases treated solely with palliative measures. American Journal of the Medical Sciences 46:17-36.

Stuart W (1889)
A remarkable case of morphine addiction. BMJ 1:1051-52.

Cobb LA, Thomas GI, Dillard DH, Merendino KA, Bruce RA (1959)
An Evaluation of Internal-Mammary-Artery Ligation by a Double-Blind Technic. New England Journal of Medicine 260:1115-1118.

Dimond EG, Kittle CF, Crockett JE (1960)
Comparison of internal mammary artery ligation and sham operation for angina pectoris∗. The American Journal of Cardiology 5:483-486.

Thomsen J, Bretlau P, Tos M, Johnsen NJ (1981)
Ménière's disease: endolymphatic sac decompression compared with sham (placebo) decompression. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 374:820-30.

MacLeod IA, Mills PR, MacKenzie JF, Joffe SN, Russell RI, Carter DC (1983)
Neodymium yttrium aluminium garnet laser photocoagulation for major haemorrhage from peptic ulcers and single vessels: a single blind controlled study. BMJ (Clin Res Ed) 286:345.

Fleischer D (1985)
Endoscopic Nd: YAG laser therapy for active esophageal variceal bleeding. A randomized controlled study. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 31:4-9.

Freitas D, Donato A, Monteiro JG (1985)
Controlled trial of liquid monopolar electrocoagulation in bleeding peptic ulcers. American Journal of Gastroenterology 80:853-7.

Gracely RH, Dubner R, Deeter WR, Wolskee PJ (1985)
Clinicians’ expectations influence placebo analgesia. Lancet 325:43. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(85)90984-5

Lindor KD, Hughes RW, Ilstrup DM, Jensen (1987)
Intragastric balloons in comparison with standard therapy for obesity - a randomized, double-blind trial. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 62:992–6.

Meshkinpour H, Hsu D, Farivar S (1988)
Effect of gastric bubble as a weight reduction device: a controlled, crossover study. Gastroenterology 95:589–92.

Mathus-Vliegen EM, Tytgat GN, Veldhuyzen-Offermans EA (1990)
Intragastric balloon in the treatment of super-morbid obesity. Double-blind, sham-controlled, crossover evaluation of 500-milliliter balloon. Gastroenterology 99:362-9.

Veterans Affairs Cooperative Variceal Sclerotherapy Group (1994)
Sclerotherapy for male alcoholic cirrhotic patients who have bled from esophageal varices: results of a randomized, multicenter clinical trial. Hepatology 20:618-25.

Hartigan P (1994)
Sclerotherapy for male alcoholic cirrhotic patients who have bled from esophageal varices: Results of a randomized, multicenter clinical trial. The Veterans Affairs Cooperative Variceal Sclerotherapy Group. Hepatology 20:618–625.

Sutton CJ, Ewen SP, Whitelaw N, Haines P (1994)
Prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of laser laparoscopy in the treatment of pelvic pain associated with minimal, mild, and moderate endometriosis. Fertil Steril 62:696–700.

Zucker DR, Schmid CH, McIntosh MW, D'Agostino RB, Selker HP, Lau J (1997)
Combining single patient (N-of-1) trials to estimate population treatment effects and to evaluate individual patient responses to treatment. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 50:410-410.

Waller LA (1997)
A note on Harold S Diehl, randomization, and clinical trials. Controlled Clinical Trials 18: 180-183.

Freed CR, Greene PE, Breeze RE, Tsai WY, DuMouchel W, Kao R, Dillon S, Winfield H, Culver S, Trojanowski JQ, Eidelberg D, Fahn S (2001)
Transplantation of embryonic dopamine neurons for severe Parkinson’s disease. New England Journal of Medicine 344:710–719.

Punja S, Xu D, Schmid CH, Hartling L, Urichuk L, Nikles CJ, Vohra S (2016)
N of 1 trials can be aggregated to generate group mean treatment effects: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 76:65-75.

Show

Kerr CE, Milne I, Kaptchuk TJ (2007).
William Cullen and a missing mind-body link in the early history of placebos. JLL Bulletin: Commentaries on the history of treatment evaluation.

Mirza RD, Punja S, Vohra S, Guyatt G (2017).
The history and development of N of 1 trials. JLL Bulletin: Commentaries on the history of treatment evaluation.

Kirakosian R, Möllenbrink L, Zamore G, Kaptchuk TJ, Jensen K (2023).
Heresy, witchcraft, Jean Gerson, scepticism, and the use of placebo controls. JLL Bulletin: Commentaries on the history of treatment evaluation.