Allan Walker Blair (1900–1948) was a professor at the University of Alabama's medical school who is best known for allowing himself to be bitten by a black widow spider in order to investigate the toxicity of its venom in humans.
Allan Walker Blair (1900–1948) was a professor at the University of Alabama's medical school who is renowned for permitting himself to be bitten by a black widow spider in order to study its venom’s toxicity on humans.