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People
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Organizations
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Events
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Document Information
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Magazine article / congressional oversight exhibit
File Size:
2.46 MB
Summary
This document is a scanned page from 'The New Yorker' dated December 12, 2011, bearing a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' Bates stamp, indicating it is part of a congressional investigation (likely related to Jeffrey Epstein's connections to Harvard/scientific community, though Epstein is not named in this specific text). The article, 'The Power of Nothing' by Michael Specter, profiles Ted Kaptchuk, a Harvard researcher and former acupuncturist who directs the Program in Placebo Studies. The text details Kaptchuk's early career in the 1970s and his scientific inquiry into how suggestion, ritual, and belief influence medical outcomes.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Michael Specter | Author |
Author of The New Yorker article 'The Power of Nothing'.
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| Ted Kaptchuk | Subject/Researcher |
Director of the Program in Placebo Studies at Harvard; former acupuncturist.
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| Armenian woman | Patient |
A former patient of Kaptchuk who claimed he cured her ovary pain.
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| Armenian woman's husband | Patient's spouse |
Gave Kaptchuk a Persian rug as thanks for curing his wife.
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| Anders Wenngren | Illustrator |
Credited for the illustration in the article.
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Organizations (6)
Timeline (2 events)
1976
2011
Harvard creates the Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Relationships (2)
Text describes them sipping tea together during an interview.
Kaptchuk treated her for bronchitis; she claimed he cured her ovaries.
Key Quotes (4)
"There was no fucking way needles or herbs did anything for that woman’s ovaries"Source
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"The area is a little too L. L. Bean for my taste now"Source
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"I realized long ago that at least some people respond even to the suggestion of treatment"Source
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"Scientists are now seriously investigating—and debating—our response to sugar pills."Source
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