PEDIATRICS Vol. 97 No. 5 May 1996, pp. 778-779
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Jacobs, J.
Right arrow Articles by Crothers, D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Jacobs, J.
Right arrow Articles by Crothers, D.

To the Editor

Jennifer Jacobs MD, MPH1, L. Margarita Jimenez MD, MPH2, Stephen S. Gloyd MD, MPH2, James L. Gale MD2, and Dean Crothers MD2

1 Department of Epidemiology and International Health Program, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, WA 98105
2 Department of Epidemiology and International Health Program University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine Seattle, WA 98105

We are writing in response to the special article by Sampson and London critiquing our May 1994 publication, "Treatment of Acute Childhood Diarrhea with Homeopathic Medicine: A Randomized Clinical Trial in Nicaragua." We are pleased that Pediatrics provided an opportunity for further debate on this topic. However, we were surprised by the general tone and the number of statistical mis-statements and incorrect inferences in this critique. Because space has been limited in this rebuttal, we would like to limit our comments to a few key points: 1) misrepresentation of our claims, 2) methodological issues, and 3) the importance of open scientific discourse.