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Clinical trial

A fair test of a treatment in people: groups chosen by chance, one getting the treatment and one not, then compared. It grew from early fair comparisons like James Lind's test of six scurvy treatments in 1747.

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You know why a treatment has to be compared with a similar group that didn't get it, and what makes such a comparison fair.

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    Foundation

    You know why a treatment has to be compared with a similar group that didn't get it, and what makes such a comparison fair.

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