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A doctor drank bacteria to convince his colleagues.

Into the 1980s stomach ulcers were blamed mainly on stress. After attempts to infect piglets failed, Barry Marshall drank a broth of Helicobacter pylori in 1984. Three days later he felt sick; by day eight an endoscopy showed massive inflammation. In 2005 he shared the Nobel Prize with Robin Warren.

Useful: A good theory doesn't win because it's true, but when someone produces the evidence.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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How did Barry Marshall demonstrate the role of Helicobacter pylori in 1984?

  1. With a patient survey
  2. By self-experiment: he drank the bacterial broth
  3. With a computer simulation
  4. With successful piglet experiments
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Correct: By self-experiment: he drank the bacterial broth

After the piglet experiments failed he drank the culture himself and developed gastritis within days.

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