Never trust secondary references: Examples from the early history of myringotomy and grommets

Mudry, Albert

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.07.018

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Problem #3: Frequently Using Secondary References1

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“…The risk of inaccuracy is very high when using and compiling secondary references without verifying the primary references mentioned. [3][4][5] The following text shows two examples extracted from this paper that support this supposition.…”

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Surgical treatment of head and neck cancers in the ancient world

Mudry

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Surgical treatment of head and neck cancers in the ancient world

Mudry

2016

J. Laryngol. Otol.

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“…Referring to authors who are not the original source increases the probabilities of inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and misinterpretations of the original study (Mudry, 2008;Paradis, 2006). Secondary sources are not acceptable for purposes of critical analyses; if used at all in a literature review, they should be used sparingly, such as when the original source cannot be located (Larson et al, 1992;Randolph, 2009).…”

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“…Clearly, this has not been the case here, since we addressed these very issues as long ago as 2008. 2 It is outside the ambit of this letter to discuss all the inaccuracies in this paper; suffice it then to mention but a few. The statement ''This condition was first described by Hippocrates and Aristotle .…”

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“…Clearly, this has not been the case here, since we addressed these very issues as long ago as 2008. 2…”

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