Precisely.  Here&#x27;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.<p>If you want to medicine to build on the foundations of history, you need to be able to reference the history.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC1464162&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC1464162&#x2F;</a>