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Dan Baumgardt, and ,The Conversation

The Most Controversial Form Of Scientific Discovery May Also Be The Most Effective

— NEMES LASZLO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Science Photo Library/Getty Images

Science presenter and journalist Dr Michael Mosley was well known not only for his expertise, energy and passion as a broadcaster but also for trialling experiments on himself. From swallowing tapeworm eggs to having areas of his brain switched off, Mosley joined other medical pioneers who weren’t afraid to make use of their own bodies in the quest to learn more about them.

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