Wandering around a mall on Diwali day, I picked up the book “Think before it is too late.”The one para I read touched me so much I wanted to share with you. It was about Dr Barry James Marshall, an Australian physician who won the Nobel for Medicine in 2005. This doctor and his research partner Dr Robin Warren made the startling discovery that stomach ulcers are not caused by stress, spicy foods or too much acid. They felt that bacteria Helicobacter pylori was the cause of most stomach ulcers.
When they declared this, their theory was ridiculed by scientists and doctors, who did not believe that any bacteria could live in the acidic stomach. In order to prove his point, Dr Marshall undertook some daring action. He drank a petri-dish of the bacteria and soon developed gastritis. He then fought the condition with antibiotics. The bacteria disappeared after two weeks.
Marshall has been quoted as saying "Everyone was against me, but I knew I was right".
Great guts boss. Hats off to you, doctor.
very inspiring........thanks for sharing boss. :)
ReplyDeleteInspiring stuff Ramesh, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteEven in our life most of the time our intuition works perfect for us, we should go for such guts despite the risk. Thanks you my friend.
ReplyDeleteTrust in self brings a lot of confidence and guts....he knew he was right!!!Thanks for this informative and motivating post.
ReplyDeleteIf you strongly believe u r right, no one can prove you r wrong.
ReplyDeleteInspiring story
ReplyDelete:) Very daring! In fact, most of the early scientists had to go through similar hardships for lack of appropriate test beds!
ReplyDeleteHats off to Dr. Marshall! These doctors take so much trouble to prove their point, which in turn, help people like us.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this, Ramesh.
all g8 people are laughed at....but if you believe in yourself nothing can go wrong.
ReplyDeletemy gawd!!! what a doc :P
ReplyDeletethis is so very inspiring...one should never give up on anything easily...btw, how was ur Diwali buddy? mine was very hectic, but nice :)
ReplyDeleteHey, nice post. Am not sure I would have done the same:)
ReplyDeleteLovely post as usual. Very very inspiring. Everybody should try till the last moment but should never think of giving up.
ReplyDeleteMy hubby has this Hpylori bacteria in his stomach, now for almost over a year! its active at times and then dull and then again active..its quite a chronic thing and never really leaves the system. So I know that if he ever develops ulcers,its not because I stressed him out!!
ReplyDeleteDoing something like that to yourself just to prove a point is huge! Hats off to him!
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