Leonard Colebrook was a physician who researched bacteria and infections in England during the twentieth century. In 1936, Colebrook deployed the antibiotic Prontosil to treat puerperal fever, a disorder that results from bacterial infections in the uterine tracts of women after childbirth or abortions. Colebrook also advanced care for burn patients by advocating for the creation of burn units ...

That a theory fits data is meaningful only if it was plausible that the theory would not fit. S. Roberts and H. Pashler (2000) knew of no enduring theories initially supported by good fits alone (good fits, i.e., where it was not clear that the theory could have plausibly failed to fit). J. L. Rodgers and D. C. Rowe (2002) claimed to provide 6 examples. Their 3 nonpsychological examples (Kepler...

Author Affiliations: CaseWestern Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio (Wang, Bordeaux, Rowe, Honda); Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio (Wang, Honda); Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio (Bordeaux, Honda); Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cle...