Vosges. Do you know which Vosges doctor deliberately poisoned himself with deadly mushrooms?

He will forever remain this "courageous doctor" in the minds of the Vosges residents who crossed his path. Pierre Bastien, to prove the effectiveness of his treatment for overcoming amanita mushroom poisoning, did not hesitate to poison himself. He risked his life by ingesting deadly amanitas. The medical community had a hard time believing in his protocol, devised in 1957, despite its success rate. Between 1957 and 1969, he is said to have saved around fifteen people hospitalized at the Remiremont hospital where he practiced. On three occasions, in 1971, 1974, and 1981, this general practitioner based in Remiremont in the Vosges ate them and immediately applied his treatment. The third time, in Geneva, marked a turning point. The Lancet (a leading international medical communications publication), witness to the incident, published and recognized the Bastien protocol, which was confirmed by a forensic thesis and later formalized by the medical association. Dr. Pierre Bastien recounted his long and fierce battle to have his research recognized in his book, "I Had to Eat Deadly Amanitas." According to him, other lives could have been saved. This controversy was to blame. He died of a heart attack in 2006. He was 82 years old.