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Sometimes the requirement of giving out a prize annually causes the prize committee to deal the accolades out on someone whose effects aren’t as intense as they’d hope.
Not the case with the 2005 Nobel Prize Laureates for Medicine. The prize was dealt to a pair of Australians chaps, Barry J. Marshall & J. Robin Warren, who theorized that stomach ulcers were not caused by stress as common thinking held, but rather by bacteria. To prove this contention, Barry drank a dose of the suspected microorganisms.
For his efforts not only did he get half a Nobel Prize, but a case of ulcers too.
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Should “Launderettes” be “Laureates?” Unless they award prizes to the most dedicated and self-sacrificing individuals who keep the hospital sheets and towels clean by discovering new stain removal techniques. I suspect your spellcheck is quite the comedian. :P
You’re quite right, I’ll go correct it, and we’ll just keep this between the two of us, eh?
But! The ulcers didn’t last long because he then drank an antibacterial specifically aimed at the Helicobacter pylori bacteria responsible and the ulcers “magically” disappeared. Barry’s car’s number plate is PYLORI. He’s with the University of Western Australia in Perth, where I go to and I’ve been to a lecture from him about this as part of my Science degree.
How many fit in a case of ulcers? Is that like a 6-pack?
He should’ve just drunk a bottle of stress and not gotten the ulcers and still proved his point.
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I don’t mean to sound like an attorney but what is the source? It’s a good concept, good science, but the extra details, well I don’t know?
Probably Wikipedia, Dan. (I’ve been reading all the old articles, so I know wiki’s a pet hate of yours!) lol. Ulcers- what fun!
A topic with which I was already familiar.
That doesn’t happen often.