The Causes and Cures of Scurvy. How modern was James Lind's methodology?

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Logic and Logical Philosophy 14 (1):55-67 (2005)
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The Scottish physician James Lind is the most celebrated name in the history of research into the causes and cures of scurvy. This is due to the famous experiment he conducted in 1747 on H.M.S. Salisbury in order to compare the efficiency of six popular treatments for scurvy. This experiment is generally regarded as the first controlled trial in clinical science (see e.g. Carpenter 1986, p. 52)

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Causal (mis)understanding and the search for scientific explanations: a case study from the history of medicine.Leen De Vreese - 2008 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 39 (1):14-24.

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