Dr. Alisha Rankin on the clinical trials and drug approval processes of the 16th through 18th centuries.

Dr. Alisha Rankin is an associate professor of history at Tufts University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Rankin and J. Rivest. History of Clinical Trials: Medicine, Monopoly, and the Premodern State — Early Clinical Trials. N Engl J Med 2016;375:106-9.