August Bier / 奥古斯特·比尔

August Bier appears in 68.疯狂实验史：哎！这该死的求知欲… through the source’s spinal-anesthesia case. The episode describes Bier and his assistant testing spinal injection with cocaine after an initial failed attempt on Bier, then verifying anesthesia by burning, pinching, striking, and pulling hair from the assistant’s lower body.

The case contributes two threads. First, it is a Self-Experimentation example where bodily risk and immediate sensory testing helped establish a medical technique. Second, it raises recognition and credit questions because the assistant’s experimental role later became a dispute. That links Bier’s story to Experimental Science Ethics beyond consent alone.

Connections

• 68.疯狂实验史：哎！这该死的求知欲… - source episode.
• Self-Experimentation - physician and assistant test the intervention on themselves.
• Experimental Science Ethics - consent, risk, harm, and credit frame.
• Experimental Failure As Knowledge - the failed initial puncture is part of the source’s risk narrative.
• Scientific Self-Correction - medical procedure development depends on evidence, repetition, and later clinical refinement.