富兰克林、拉瓦锡和梅斯梅尔：对照临床试验的起源。

Franklin, Lavoisier, and Mesmer: origin of the controlled clinical trial.

作者信息

Herr Harry W

机构信息

Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.

出版信息

Urol Oncol. 2005 Sep-Oct;23(5):346-51. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2005.02.003.

DOI:10.1016/j.urolonc.2005.02.003

PMID:16144669

Abstract

In 1784, a Royal Commission headed by Benjamin Franklin and Antoine Lavoisier designed a series of ingenious experiments to debunk France's greatest medical rogue, Anton Mesmer, and his bizarre healing of illnesses based on his bogus theory of animal magnetism. Using intentional subject ignorance and sham interventions to investigate mesmerism, Franklin's commission provided a model for the controlled clinical trial.

摘要

1784年，由本杰明·富兰克林和安托万·拉瓦锡领导的一个皇家委员会设计了一系列巧妙的实验，以揭穿法国最臭名昭著的江湖郎中安东·梅斯梅尔以及他基于伪动物磁力理论的怪诞治病方法。富兰克林的委员会利用故意让受试者不知情和虚假干预来研究催眠术，为对照临床试验提供了一个范例。