Stranded Technologies Podcast cover image

Ep. 59: Simon Whitney on "From Oversight to Overkill", How an Obscure Bureaucracy Destroyed Medical Experimentation & Slowed Down the Engines of Scientific Innovation

Stranded Technologies Podcast

CHAPTER

The Strangeness of Nicholas Sen

Nicholas Sen was a wonderful surgeon from Chicago around the turn of the 20th century. He said, well, I can prove this not an infection here is how I'm going to do it. Of course, an IRB wouldn't have let him do that, but there was no IRB. And besides, Sen was the kind of king and god whom very few people would have said no to.

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner