Human testing has been a neces-sary, if risky, aspect of medical research since those distant days when the mythical emperor Shennong, the legendary founder of Chinese agriculture and medicine, sampled hundreds of plants in his search for herbal remedies. But history also abounds in examples of inhumane and unethical quacks who sacrificed their subjects in their research.
從「神農嚐百草」開始，人體試驗似乎就是醫藥進步的必要風險，但歷史上卻也不乏假醫學之名，違背倫理、犧牲受試者的不人道案例。