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-Henry G. Felsen
Why that citation?
Edit: Question answered below.
What's wrong with my citation?
I did some checks and that appears to be said by Darrell Huff. Links below:
http://www.anvari.org/fortune/Miscellaneous_Collections/211181_proper-treatment-will-cure-a-cold-in-seven-days-but-left-to-itself-a-cold-will-hang-on-for-a-week.html
http://www-stat.wharton.upenn.edu/~steele/HoldingPen/Huff/Huff.htm
http://motd.ambians.com/quotes.php/name/linux_medicing/toc_id/1-1-20/s/47
http://www.pithypedia.com/?similarquotes=Proper+treatment+will+cure+a+cold+in+seven+days%2C+but+left+to+itself%2C%3Cbr%2F%3Ea+cold+will+hang+on+for+a+week.
Are you sure it was Henry G. Felsen?
According to Darrell Huff, it was first said by Henry G. Felson:
Huff, Darrell. How to lie with statistics. New York: Norton, 1993.
That answers my question, thanks! In my experience, any citation that does not refer to some printed reference should not be believed - a line saying "as quoted in How to lie with statistics by Darrell Huff" was what I was looking for.