#homeopathy — Public Fediverse posts

A rare insight into COPE's Facilitation & Integrity Subcommittee: they helped guide a journal into engaging with an Austrian investigation, leading to a retraction.

It's usually unsung work, much of it done by volunteers from COPE council.

https://retractionwatch.com/2025/12/11/copes-involvement-leads-to-retraction-of-paper-on-homeopathy-for-lung-cancer/

#CommitteeOnPublicationEthics #Retractions #PublicationEthics #Homeopathy

19th century physicians heroically self-dosing. But I'm baffled by mention of homeopathy, the hoax in which you should expect ZERO molecules of the announced compound to appear in the dose. Like vermouth in an extremely dry martini, except not so overwhelmingly vermouth-saturated. Not even vaguely tainted. "Wave the gin-filled martini glass in the direction of France" as Winston Churchill or some wit put it.
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/proving-it-the-american-provers-union-documents-certain-ill-effects/
#medicine #history #homeopathy #quackery #cocktails