#self-experimentation

Stories tagged “self-experimentation” in the Weird Science History archive — 3 stories connected by this topic.

• The Surgeon Who Threaded a Tube Into His Own Heart
• The Student Who Drank Vomit to Prove Yellow Fever Wasn't Contagious
• The Doctor Who Drank a Beaker of Bacteria to Prove Ulcers Weren't Caused by Stress

Related topics: #nobel-prize #barry-marshall #cardiac-catheterization #cardiology #disease vectors #epidemiology #helicobacter-pylori #medical history