15 August 2025 THE ANCIENT ORIGINS OF CLINICAL TESTING Clinical trials hail from biblical roots. In the book of Daniel, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon ordered his troops to consume only meat and wine to attain peak combat condition. A particularly avant-garde band of soldiers took issue with the meat-lover's diet, so the King permitted them to instead eat legumes and water, a rudimentary version of A/B testing. When the King concluded his experiment after ten days, he determined that the vegetarian soldiers ...