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November 24, 2004
The Joys of Experiential Science
I was scanning a chapter of "The Cell" this morning and reading about pathogens, infections and innate immnunity when I came across a retelling of the story of how it was finally demonstrated that the bacteria H. pylori was the hardy cause of stomach ulcers:
The hypothesis that stomach ulcers could be caused by a persistent bacterial infection of the stomach lining initially met with considerable skepticism. The point was finally proven by the young Australian doctor who made the initial discovery: he drank a flask of a pure culture of H. pylori and developed a typical ulcer.
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