Question

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

Answer 1

It falls short because There was no control group with which to compare his patients who received the treatment.
Which men that in the experiment above, nothing could prove that the improvement is directly caused by the refrigerated fluid.
If there is a control group, researchers could see whether the refrigerated fluid played any relevant role in the improvement.