"placebo"（偽薬） は大分前に知った言葉で、由来は知りませんでしたが "PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL" に次ぎの様に書かれていました。
Placebo comes from the Latin for "I shall please." The term was used in the fourteenth century to refer to sham mourners who were hired to wail and sob for the deceased at funerals. By 1785 it appeared in the New Medical Dictionary, attracted to marginal practices of medicine.
ついでに意味も医学辞書で復習しておきます。
・Mosby's Medical Dictionary: an inactive substance, such as saline solution, distilled water, or sugar, or a less than effective dose of a harmless substance, such as a water-soluble vitamin, prescribed as if it were an effective dose of a needed medication. Placebos are used in experimental drug studies to compare the effects of the inactive substance with those of the experimental drug. They are also prescribed for patients who cannot be given the medication they request or who, in the judgment of the health care provider, do not need that medication.
Placebo comes from the Latin for "I shall please." The term was used in the fourteenth century to refer to sham mourners who were hired to wail and sob for the deceased at funerals. By 1785 it appeared in the New Medical Dictionary, attracted to marginal practices of medicine.
ついでに意味も医学辞書で復習しておきます。
・Mosby's Medical Dictionary: an inactive substance, such as saline solution, distilled water, or sugar, or a less than effective dose of a harmless substance, such as a water-soluble vitamin, prescribed as if it were an effective dose of a needed medication. Placebos are used in experimental drug studies to compare the effects of the inactive substance with those of the experimental drug. They are also prescribed for patients who cannot be given the medication they request or who, in the judgment of the health care provider, do not need that medication.
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