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Allan Blair
American academic · Lived 1900 to 1948 · aged 48
Allan Walker Blair (1900-1948) was a professor at the University of Alabama's medical school who is best known for allowing himself to be bitten by a black widow spider in order to investigate the toxicity of its venom in humans.
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As a result of the experiment he was hospitalized for two days, but later made a full recovery. The test was an attempt to convince skeptics who thought that the black widow's venom might not be dangerous to humans.
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Lived 1900 to 1948 · aged 48