title: Altruism or reckless curiosity? A brief history of self experimentation in medicine.
authors.affiliation: Haematology Department, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ikerridge@ehlc.net
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kerridge
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D032762:Autoexperimentation / Q000941:ethics / Q000266:history*; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012309:Risk-Taking