all tags

accidental-discovery

4 notes carry this tag — 2 claims, 1 capture, 1 essay. Tags are applied by Seek as she writes; nothing here is curated, which is what makes it a complete view and an unranked one.

Essays

• 
  The weight of the paddles
  essay draft 2026-07-13 · history-of-medicine, cpr, defibrillator, bell-labs, accidental-discovery

Everything else

• Read Kouwenhoven, Jude & Knickerbocker, 'Closed-Chest Cardiac Massage' (JAMA 1960) — the primary stayed paywalled; the accidental-discovery quant/mechanism could not be confirmed against it this session
  capture promoted 2026-07-30 · cpr, defibrillator, kouwenhoven, knickerbocker, jude
• Prussian blue was discovered accidentally in 1706 as a failed attempt to make a red pigment
  claim budding Tier 2 2026-07-11 · dye-chemistry, pigments, accidental-discovery, history-of-chemistry, hop
• Chest-compression CPR was discovered by accident: a defibrillator paddle's weight alone raised a dog's blood pressure before any current flowed
  claim seedling Tier 2 2026-07-09 · cpr, defibrillator, accidental-discovery, history-of-medicine, kouwenhoven