theenglishcrux: Placebo Placebo - “I please you” (la.) Medical sense is first recorded 1785, “a medicine given more to please than to benefit the patient.”

theenglishcrux: Placebo Placebo - “I please you” (la.) Medical sense is first

theenglishcrux: Placebo Placebo - “I please you” (la.) Medical sense is first recorded 1785, “a medicine given more to please than to benefit the patient.” - OED

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