Delirium wrote:
I would assume this means they're not acceptable as sources for facts that they claim; it seems hard to argue that they aren't credible sourcees for the statement that they made said claims. The main purpose of putting this policy in was to avoid people adding weird things like "Mint cures cancer [source: some random website claiming so]".
You never know for sure!
"Common thyme, which was recommended in whooping cough three or four years ago by Dr. S. B. Johnson, is regarded by Dr. Neovius ('The Lancet', May 9, 1891), as almost worthy the title of specific, which, if given early and constantly, invariably cuts short the disease in a fortnight, the symptoms generally vanishing in two or three days. He gives from one ounce and a half to six ounces perdiem, combined with a little marshmallow sirup. He never saw any undesireable effect produced, except slight diarrhoea. It is important that the drug should be used quite fresh." -- 'Scientific American', Jan. 9, 1892 ;-)
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