title: An 18th century controlled trial prompted by a potential shortage of hospital beds.
authors.affiliation: Institut d'éthique biomédicale, Centre Médical Universitaire, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland. Micheline.Louis-Courvoisier@medecine.unige.ch
authors.forename: Micheline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Louis-Courvoisier
mesh_terms: D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000266:history*; D013557:Switzerland