Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
For eight decades, stomach ulcers were attributed to stress. Patients who didn’t improve underwent vagotomy — major surgery to cut the vagal nerve. When two Australian doctors proposed bacteria as the cause, they were laughed at and ostracized. Dr. Barry Marshall infected himself with H. pylori, scoped himself, and proved the connection. It took decades to become accepted. Surgeons now graduate without knowing how to perform vagotomy because it’s no longer practiced.
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For eight decades, stomach ulcers were attributed to stress. Patients who didn’t improve underwent vagotomy — major surgery to cut the vagal nerve. When two Australian doctors proposed bacteria as the cause, they were laughed at and ostracized. Dr. Barry Marshall infected himself with H. pylori, scoped himself, and proved the connection. It took decades to become accepted. Surgeons now graduate without knowing how to perform vagotomy because it’s no longer practiced.
#MedicalBlindSpots #StomachUlcers #HPylori #MedicalHistory
