
07/07/2025
A battle for new discoveries🎯
Plot twist: The first "controlled" trial happened by accident in 1537! Surgeon Ambroise Paré ran out of boiling oil for battlefield wounds, and instead used a gentler egg mixture. The gentle treatment worked better! Sometimes running out of supplies leads to medical breakthroughs. 🥚⚔️
Source: "Evolution of Clinical Research: A History Before and Beyond James Lind" - PMC