Comment Re:title should be... (Score 1) 109
I think in medicine the "accidental" part is assumed.
There's a name for it, Serendipity, I think it was saccharin one person said to the other to test it, the other thought they said taste it. The rest is history serendipitously. Happens all the time.
Give a drug tested one condition and find the ones taking it don't smoke as much, a new track and quite the money maker.
The list is large.