Most importantly though the work is the first to establish procedures for the effective testing of new drugs. The work was also the first to describe diabetes insipidus in detail. His most famous work, The Canon of Medicine, was an encyclopedia covering topics from contagious diseases and quarantine procedures to descriptions of roughly 800 different simple medicines and various compounded medicines as well. His study was the first in recorded history with the characteristics of clinical trials as we know them today and as such he is often referred to as “The Father of Clinical Trials.” While Lind was the first to conduct such a trial, and deserves enormous credit, the idea for such a trial actually originated over 700 years earlier with the Persian thinker Avicenna.īorn in 980 AD in what is now Iran, Avicenna made contributions in topics ranging from astronomy to psychology to physics, but his most significant contributions were to the field of medicine with his works, The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine. In 1747 James Lind made medical history by systematically testing treatments for scurvy, proving citrus fruits effective. The picture above is "Canon of Medicine" authored by Avicenna, dated back 980 AD. We are honored to learn in 2020 on "International Clinical Trials day" about the deep history of CLINICAL TRIALS.
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