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The Great American fraud

This book delves into the complexities of financial fraud and corruption within the American economic system, shedding light on the tactics and consequences of such fraudulent activities. more

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Samuel Hopkins Adams
Samuel Hopkins Adams

Samuel Hopkins Adams was an American writer and investigative journalist, known for his muckraking journalism. Born on January 26, 1871, and dying on November 16, 1958, Adams is celebrated for his exposés on the pharmaceutical industry's unsanitary conditions and fraudulent practices. more

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“The statistical method is required in the interpretation of figures which are at the mercy of numerous influences, and its object is to determine whether individual influences can be isolated and their effects measured. The essence of the method lies in the determination that we are really comparing like with like, and that we have not overlooked a relevant factor which is present in Group A and absent from Group B. The variability of human beings in their illnesses and in their reactions to them is a fundamental reason for the planned clinical trial and not against it.”

“The theory of medicine, therefore, presents what is useful in thought, but does not indicate how it is to be applied in practice-the mode of operation of these principles. The theory, when mastered, gives us a certain kind of knowledge. Thus we say, for example, there are three forms of fevers and nine constitutions. The practice of medicine is not the work which the physician carries out, but is that branch of medical knowledge which, when acquired, enables one to form an opinion upon which to base the proper plan of treatment.”

“Tungsten, X-rays, and Coolidge form a trinity that has left an indelible impression upon our life and times. The key word in this triad is Coolidge, for his work brought the element tungsten from laboratory obscurity to the central role of the industrial stage and gave the X-ray a central role in the progress of medicine throughout the world.”