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6 Stupid and Dangerous Things Scientists Did to Themselves

From poking their own eyes, to drinking a patient’s vomit, some extremely passionate scientists have done pretty outrageous things to themselves in the name of science.

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http://aty.sdsu.edu/vision/others.html
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/exhibitions/Footprints_of_the_Lion/private_scholar.html
http://eyewiki.aao.org/Solar_Retinopathy

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439684/#sec1-3title

1804: Med student tests theory by drinking black vomit


https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/ext/mhl/2554015R/PDF/2554015R.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2441371/pdf/tacca00106-0113.pdf

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/demon-core-the-strange-death-of-louis-slotin
http://nerdist.com/tickling-the-dragons-tail-the-story-of-the-demon-core/
https://xkcd.com/radiation/
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http://mterasaki.us/etc/forssman.pdf
http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/0003-4975(90)90272-8/pdf

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