Remember Hooks law? Robert Hook also was a hero of self-experiment:
Under the volume of work, Hooke began having headaches, dizzy spells and insomnia, all of which he treated in the same spirit as his other scientific work, experimenting with self-medication and diligently recording his results. Page after page of his diary records copious doses of sal ammoniac, purges, opiates. Sometimes the effects were great - clarity, freshness, revival, sharp thinking. Often the side effects were terrible — sickness, double vision, near-delusions. These too he treated as symptoms, upping the drugs continually.
From a review of a new biography in The Guardian ( The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London by Lisa Jardine, HarperCollins 2003) (via SciTech Daily)
Under the volume of work, Hooke began having headaches, dizzy spells and insomnia, all of which he treated in the same spirit as his other scientific work, experimenting with self-medication and diligently recording his results. Page after page of his diary records copious doses of sal ammoniac, purges, opiates. Sometimes the effects were great - clarity, freshness, revival, sharp thinking. Often the side effects were terrible — sickness, double vision, near-delusions. These too he treated as symptoms, upping the drugs continually.
From a review of a new biography in The Guardian ( The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London by Lisa Jardine, HarperCollins 2003) (via SciTech Daily)
Freitag, 17. Oktober 2003, 18:52 - Rubrik: Wissenschaftsgeschichte