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alan what are you on??!! beechwood vs ash pah! too few numbers - only 56 arms everyone knows they both give far too much smoke and yew was shown in the euphrates IV study to be fire more effective martin -----Original Message----- From: A.J.O'rourke <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Cc: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: 16 November 1999 09:25 Subject: RE: numbers needed to pray Date sent: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 10:55:22 -0800 Subject: RE: numbers needed to pray (EBH List) > List members may be interested to note that there is a Cochrane review on Intercessory Prayer although I presume this study is to recent to be included? > > Intercessory prayer for the alleviation of ill health > Roberts L, Ahmed I, Hall S, Sargent C Fascinating: having just read "The Name of the Rose" could there be a whole cache of Medieval "Evidence-based" material, hiding out there in chained libraries, and written secretly by scholars like Roger Bacon and William and Occam: Beechwood v. ash saplings for burning witches (Beechwood is more effective: mean time to incineration 20.4 mins v. 28.2 mins, p<0.05) Thumbscrews are more effective than the rack in obtaining recantation from heretics (recantation rate 76% v. 52%, p<0.001). Touching for the King's Evil (Scrofula): a meta-analaysis Etc. Regards Alan O'Rourke Alan O'Rourke Information Officer WIsdom Centre for Networked Learning Institute of General Practice Community Sciences Centre Community Science Centre Northern General Hospital Sheffield S5 7AU Tel: 0114 271 5095 Fax: 0114 243 3762 E-mail: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%