Clinical trial
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Clinical trials are prospective biomedical or behavioral research studies on human participants designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions, including new treatm
A clinical trial participant receives an injection.
Edward Jenner vaccinating James Phipps, a boy of eight, on 14 May 1796. Jenner failed to use a control group.
Austin Bradford Hill was a pivotal figure in the modern development of clinical trials.
Timeline of various approval tracks and research phases in the US
James Lind
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James Lind was a Scottish physician. He was a pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy. By conducting one of the first ever clinical trials, he developed the theory that citrus fruits cured scurvy.
Clinical trial
…by Edward Jenner over his smallpox vaccine were equally conceptually flawed. The first proper clinical trial was conducted by the Scottish physician James Lind. The disease scurvy, now known to be caused by a Vitamin C deficiency, would often have terrible effects on the welfare of the crew of long-distance…
James Lind by Chalmers
St Mary's Parish Churchyard in Portchester where Lind is buried
James Lind's name on the Frieze of LSHTM