Encyclopaedia Britannica's article on the clinical trial, covering James Lind's 1747 scurvy comparison and the development of the controlled trial as a method.
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PublisherEncyclopaedia Britannica
URLhttps://www.britannica.com/science/clinical-trial
Source Typereference
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A signed, editorially reviewed general encyclopedia, tier 2: reliable for the uncontested history of the controlled trial used here, though not a peer-reviewed academic work itself. Sources
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