Letter to the Editor

Jacobs and associates1 describe the use of a variety of homeopathic substances in treating young children with diarrhea. If such toxic substances as arsenic, podophyllin, or strychnine were introduced today as therapeutics, the public would have to be informed of the risks involved with their use. A...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1994-12, Vol.94 (6), p.964-964
Main Author: Kerr, Harry D.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Jacobs and associates1 describe the use of a variety of homeopathic substances in treating young children with diarrhea. If such toxic substances as arsenic, podophyllin, or strychnine were introduced today as therapeutics, the public would have to be informed of the risks involved with their use. Although the 30°C concentrations utilized in the Jacobs study very likely did dilute the constituents to an infinitessimal degree and, therefore, probably posed no toxic risk to the study subjects, no data was presented to support that probability.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.94.6.964