Doll R, Pygott F (1952)

Factors influencing the rate of healing of gastric ulcers: admission to hospital, phenobarbitone, and ascorbic acid. Lancet 1: 171-175.
As trial design became more sophisticated, the factorial trial of treatments for gastric ulcers reported in 1952 by the British physicians Richard Doll and Frank Pygott provided an early illustration of how more than one treatment could be compared with placebo in a single trial.

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