To prove the point, in 1985 [Barry] Marshall drank a Petri dish of bacterial broth to show that the presence of H pylori in people with ulcers was no coincidenc

To prove the point, in 1985 [Barry] Marshall drank a Petri dish of bacterial broth to show that the presence of H pylori in people with ulcers was no coincidence. A week later, after suffering stomach pain, nausea and vomiting, he underwent an endoscopy, which showed the distinctive spiral-shaped bacteria crowding around the inflammation in his stomach. His wife urged him to get treatment – which he did, and after a short course of antibiotics he was cured.