Thursday, 25 July 2013

While mouth pi-petting may seem incomprehensible nowadays (though it still happens!) the first recorded lab...


While mouth pi-petting may seem incomprehensible nowadays (though it still happens!) the first recorded lab infection occurred in 1893 when a physician inadvertently siphoned typhoid bacilli into his mouth. Big oops!
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3 comments:

  1. John Bump25 July 2013 at 08:55

    I've seen people still doing this when they were in a hurry and a pipette bulb wasn't working right.

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  2. Corina Marinescu25 July 2013 at 09:03

    We only do this for fun.. the one who sucks up the hazardous waste higher, wins  :))))

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  3. John Bump25 July 2013 at 09:24

    Higher, but not too high.
    And probably not the ethidium bromide... although I've seen people mouth-pipette acetone and diethyl ether. Bleh.

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