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14 - The First Trial

14 - The First Trial

FromBedside Rounds


14 - The First Trial

FromBedside Rounds

ratings:
Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Jan 23, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) is the gold standard for how we know something works in the world of medicine. But how did we get to this point? The answer involves vegetarians and orange juice, spans two thousand years, and stretches from ancient Babylon to the high seas of the British Empire and back to America. Find all these answers (and more!) in Episode 14 of Bedside Rounds -- the First Trial!
Released:
Jan 23, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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Bedside Rounds is a storytelling podcast about medical history and medicine’s intersections with society and culture. Host Adam Rodman seeks to tell a few of these weird, wonderful, and intensely human stories that have made modern medicine.