Mistakes in Cholera Statistics

Mistakes in Cholera Statistics

Posted on November 27, 2007. Filed under: Mistakes in Cholera Statistics | Tags: bad science, Ben Goldacre, cholera, goodscience, guardian, homeopathy, lancet |

Thanks to laughingmysocksoff, I am able to give more complete statistics of the 1854 cholera epidemic. It seems I only recounted part of the homeopathic success!
In the London Cholera epidemic of 1854, of the 61 cases of cholera treated [at the London Homeopathic Hospital], 10 died, a percentage of 16.4; of the 331 cases of choleraic [...]