Word: vigo
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...usage, the first essay of the book aims to determine whether or not the placebo is "much ado about nothing"; co-authors Arthur Shapiro and his wife Elaine present the reader with a flurry of esoteric yet entertaining historical tidbits. Though the knowledge that the 17th-century drug called "Vigo's plaster" was made of viper's flesh, live frogs, and worms may not necessarily be the best conversation-starter, such detail paints an elaborate portrait of the blind, haphazard healing practices of prescientific medics at which even the least scientifically-inclined person can gasp and chuckle...
BORN: May 22, 1951, Vigo County EDUCATION: Indiana U, A.B., 1973, J.D., 1977 FAMILY: Single RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: College administrator; lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Indiana Senate, 1980-92 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 511, Seelyville...