Franklin, Lavoisier, and Mesmer: Origin of the controlled clinical trial

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 346-351

  Herr, Harry W ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Franklin; Lavoisier; Mesmerism

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; EXPERIMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MAGNETISM; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 24344502679     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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