Which Historical Physician Emphasized Caution in the Use of Opium

question 51

Multiple Choice

Which historical physician emphasized caution in the use of opium, but felt that it was almost a cure-all?

• A) Dr. Thomas Sydenham
• B) Galen
• C) Aristotle
• D) Paracelsus

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Definitions:

T-Distribution

A probability distribution that is symmetric and bell-shaped, used particularly for small sample sizes or unknown population standard deviations; synonymous with Student T Distribution but demands a new definition.

Sample Mean

The average of all numerical values in a sample subset of a population, used in statistics to estimate the population mean.

Confidence Interval

A span of numbers, taken from sample data, which is expected to include the actual value of a parameter that is unknown for the entire population.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean on average.