Accidental Medical Discoveries: How Tenacity And Pure Dumb Luck Changed The WorldMany of the worlds most important and life saving devices and techniques were often discovered purely by accident. Serendipity, timing, and luck played a part in the discovery of unintentional cures and breakthroughs: A plastic shard in an RAF pilots eye leads to the use of plastic for the implantable lens. The inability to remove a titanium chamber from rabbits bone leads to dental implants. Viagra was discovered by a group of chemists, working in