Phil Kennedy continuing the grand but dangerous tradition of self-experimentation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-experimentation https://en.wikipedia.org/w

Phil Kennedy continuing the grand but dangerous tradition of self-experimentation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-experimentation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-experimentation - From the Chemistry section Until recently, it was common practice among synthetic chemists to taste newly prepared compounds. The purpose was to provide an additional characteristic for identification, taking advantage of the selective chemical receptors that form this sense. However, as one might guess, this practice also led to numerous fatalities and near-fatalities. There are many examples in medicine section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-experimentation_in_medicine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-experimentation_in_medici... which also resulted in fatalities.