AbstractIn 1743 Francis Hauksbee the Younger published a proposal for an ‘Experimentum Crucis’ (‘decisive experiment’) to compare his own medication for venereal disease with other treatments. Previously he had sought to replicate the methods of James Jurin FRS, who published outcomes from inoculation against smallpox in the 1720s. By seeking to record outcomes (‘Safety and… Continue reading ‘Experimentum Crucis’: Hauksbee the Younger’s ‘decisive experiment’ for comparing the ‘Safety and Efficacy’ of new medicines (1743)
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Effect of #chair placement on physicians’ #behavior and patients’ satisfaction: randomized deception trial
Objective To evaluate the effect of chair placement on length of time physicians sit during a bedside consultation and patients’ satisfaction.Design Single center, double blind, randomized controlled deception trial.Setting County hospital in Texas, USA.Participants 51 hospitalist physicians providing direct care services, and 125 observed encounters of patients who could answer four orientation questions correctly before study entry, April 2022… Continue reading Effect of #chair placement on physicians’ #behavior and patients’ satisfaction: randomized deception trial
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