In the late 1950s, a doctor reported in the journal of the american medical association that stomach ulcers could be effectively treated by having a patient swallow a balloon connected to some tubes that circulated a refrigerated fluid. he argued that, by super-cooling the stomach, acid production was reduced and the ulcer relieved. all 24 of his patients whom received the treatment were healed. why does this fall short of qualifying as an example of the scientific method