Practicing martial arts from an early age made him sturdy in frame and constitution, but doing field experiments with pesticides over the years nevertheless landed him in the hospital on four occasions.
取得台大植病博士學位後回母校任教，從小就練拳習武的他，身強體壯，但當助教時要做農藥田間實驗，沒想到竟因噴灑農藥過量前後中毒 4 次，每次緊急送醫都福大命大逃過一劫。