Gardenlover
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People used to use mercury to treat Syphilis.
What other remedies were just as likely to kill you as cure you?
What other remedies were just as likely to kill you as cure you?
That may not be the way it happened, hc. The venom was probably already in the lab. Scientists fool around a lot. Of course they might not call it 'fooling around.'What always surprises me is who was the first to think? "I'm going to let that poisonous snake bite me, it could help my hypertension"
So true, as you pointed out, Thalidomide being a classic case.That may not be the way it happened, hc. The venom was probably already in the lab. Scientists fool around a lot. Of course they might not call it 'fooling around.'
Of, course, there is a way to prevent the spread of syphilis, but like wearing masks today, we wanted to do what we wanted to do.People used to use mercury to treat Syphilis.
What other remedies were just as likely to kill you as cure you?