Precisely. Here's a specific example: infantile spasms. I was helping my wife research this condition yesterday (for work -- thankfully neither of our childre

Precisely. Here's a specific example: infantile spasms. I was helping my wife research this condition yesterday (for work -- thankfully neither of our children were affected). I found this[1] really great summary article from 2006 that synthesized the findings of numerous trials over the past 50 years and presented the data in a very clear and understandable way. If you want to medicine to build on the foundations of history, you need to be able to reference the history. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1464162/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1464162/