Sounds a bit like the Curies and Barry Marshall: https://www.google.com/search?q=scientist+gave+himself+ulcers https://www.google.com/search?q=scientist+gave+h

Sounds a bit like the Curies and Barry Marshall: https://www.google.com/search?q=scientist+gave+himself+ulcers https://www.google.com/search?q=scientist+gave+himself+ulcer...