lol - gives a whole new meaning to the expression, knitted brow - As for the
penis guy, it just leaves me speechless...
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From Lilly's The Center of the Cyclone:
Professor Bazett taught me this unequivocally. When he wanted to find out
what the end organs (the sensitive endings within the skin) were, he performed
experiments with a cold bath alternating with a hot bath to determine the
temperature-sensitive endings in the foreskin of his penis. He marked these
with ink, had himself circumcised and found through microscopic sectioning and
staining techniques the end organs responsible for the sensations that he had
recorded.
Ouch! That beats Newton who spent a night bending his eyes out of shape with
knitting needles to try and work out how light worked as it went through the
lens. Groundbreaking and very painful...
Makes you wonder how many of today's scientists have the right stuff to expand
our knowledge of the world!
There are a few, it's all in the spirit of it. This guy did us all a favour:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2014/07/05/when-scientists-experiment-on-themselves-h-pylori-and-ulcers/
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2014/07/05/when-scientists-experiment-on-themselves-h-pylori-and-ulcers/
These are interesting too:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/29241/11-scientists-who-experimented-themselves
http://mentalfloss.com/article/29241/11-scientists-who-experimented-themselves
But I was googling for the guy who got himself bitten/stung by dangerous
arthropods to test vaccines. Utterly bonkers.
He declared the Scolapendra (giant centipede) to be the most painful. Closely
followed by the Asian giant hornet, which is soon to be spreading throughout
Europe. Be afraid.
I remember it from somewhere, but the fact that I couldn't find it hopefully
means it was a shaggy dog story and no one was ever that stupid!
But I don't recommend trying particle physics experiments on yourself,
especially for people looking for cosmic consciousness. That's just going to
get messy.
