A change in scientific approach: from alternation to randomised allocation in clinical trials in the 1940s

BMJ. 1999 Aug 28;319(7209):572-3. doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7209.572.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular / history
  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular / therapeutic use
  • Common Cold / drug therapy
  • Common Cold / history
  • Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic / history*
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Patulin / history
  • Patulin / therapeutic use
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / history*
  • Streptomycin / history
  • Streptomycin / therapeutic use
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis / history

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular
  • Patulin
  • Streptomycin