#self-experimentation

Stories tagged “self-experimentation” in the Weird Science History archive — 9 stories connected by this topic.

• The Dinner Party Where Three Doctors Sniffed Chloroform and Woke Up Under the Table
• The Country Surgeon Who Took Out His Own Appendix to Prove a Point — and Fixed His Own Hernia at 70
• The Doctor Who Cracked the Knuckles of Only One Hand for 60 Years to Prove His Mother Wrong
• The Scientists Who Sat in a Room Hot Enough to Cook a Steak — and Walked Out Fine
• The Doctor Who Rode a Rocket Sled at 632 MPH — and Gave Us Murphy's Law
• The Needle Isaac Newton Slid Behind His Own Eyeball to Find Out Where Color Comes From
• The Doctor Who Drank a Beaker of Bacteria to Prove Ulcers Weren't Caused by Stress
• The Student Who Drank Vomit to Prove Yellow Fever Wasn't Contagious
• The Surgeon Who Threaded a Tube Into His Own Heart

Related topics: #medical history #Nobel Prize #17th century #18th century #19th century #anesthesia #Ig Nobel Prize #microbiology