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Your Stomach Juices Are So Acidic They Can Digest Zinc And Meat. So Why Don't They Digest You And Your Precious Organs?Medicine being dissolved in gastric juice.

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Your Stomach Juices Are So Acidic They Can Digest Zinc And Meat. So Why Don't They Digest You And Your Precious Organs?Medicine being dissolved in gastric juice.
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Your Stomach Juices Are So Acidic They Can Digest Zinc And Meat. So Why Don't They Digest You And Your Precious Organs?

clock-iconMay 26, 2026

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The Tanganyika Laughing Epidemic Of 1962, A Case Of "Mass Hysteria" At The End Of Colonial PsychiatryThe image shows an old map of Lake Victoria in what was Tanganyika. There is a red drawing pin positioned over "Bukoba". To the right of the lake is an image of a faded paper folder showing the battered edges of the documents it contains. Written on the file in old type face is "1982. Laughing Epidemic. Tanginika. East Africa", each on a separate line.

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The Tanganyika Laughing Epidemic Of 1962, A Case Of "Mass Hysteria" At The End Of Colonial PsychiatryThe image shows an old map of Lake Victoria in what was Tanganyika. There is a red drawing pin positioned over "Bukoba". To the right of the lake is an image of a faded paper folder showing the battered edges of the documents it contains. Written on the file in old type face is "1982. Laughing Epidemic. Tanginika. East Africa", each on a separate line.
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The Tanganyika Laughing Epidemic Of 1962, A Case Of "Mass Hysteria" At The End Of Colonial Psychiatry

clock-iconMay 20, 2026
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For 400 Years, A Strange Phenomenon Saw Royals And Commoners Fear They Would Shatter. Then, The "Glass Delusion" DisappearedShattered glass fragments captured in mid-air against a black background.

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For 400 Years, A Strange Phenomenon Saw Royals And Commoners Fear They Would Shatter. Then, The "Glass Delusion" DisappearedShattered glass fragments captured in mid-air against a black background.
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For 400 Years, A Strange Phenomenon Saw Royals And Commoners Fear They Would Shatter. Then, The "Glass Delusion" Disappeared

clock-iconMay 5, 2026
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The “Plague of Athens” Was One Of The World’s First Epidemics – And Now We May Know What Caused ItThe ancient city of Athens

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The “Plague of Athens” Was One Of The World’s First Epidemics – And Now We May Know What Caused ItThe ancient city of Athens
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The “Plague of Athens” Was One Of The World’s First Epidemics – And Now We May Know What Caused It

clock-iconMay 1, 2026

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Crusty Residue Of Roman-Era Chamber Pots Reveals Parasite Once Believed To Originate In Central Americagreen immunofluorescence image of small circular parasites

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Crusty Residue Of Roman-Era Chamber Pots Reveals Parasite Once Believed To Originate In Central Americagreen immunofluorescence image of small circular parasites
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Crusty Residue Of Roman-Era Chamber Pots Reveals Parasite Once Believed To Originate In Central America

clock-iconApril 24, 2026

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RFK Jr Has A History Of Doubting Germ Theory – Here’s How We Know He’s WrongRobert F Kennedy Jr pictured speaking on stage with a microphone in his hand.

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RFK Jr Has A History Of Doubting Germ Theory – Here’s How We Know He’s WrongRobert F Kennedy Jr pictured speaking on stage with a microphone in his hand.
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RFK Jr Has A History Of Doubting Germ Theory – Here’s How We Know He’s Wrong

clock-iconApril 20, 2026

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Prescription For Poop: First Direct Evidence Shows Romans Used Human Feces As MedicineA photo showing a long-stemmed glass vessel with a flat bottom and rounded body. The glass is a translucent blue but most of the vessel is covered in a pale brown crust.

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Prescription For Poop: First Direct Evidence Shows Romans Used Human Feces As MedicineA photo showing a long-stemmed glass vessel with a flat bottom and rounded body. The glass is a translucent blue but most of the vessel is covered in a pale brown crust.
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Prescription For Poop: First Direct Evidence Shows Romans Used Human Feces As Medicine

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The Legend Of The Tooth Worm: People Used To Have A Really Weird Explanation For Toothacheworm emerging from a tooth

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The Legend Of The Tooth Worm: People Used To Have A Really Weird Explanation For Toothacheworm emerging from a tooth
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The Legend Of The Tooth Worm: People Used To Have A Really Weird Explanation For Toothache

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Why Do Some People Believe The Moon Influences Mental Health?A photo taken of the full moon in a cloudy night sky. The moon itself is framed in the picture's center with darker and lighter clouds surrounding it.

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Why Do Some People Believe The Moon Influences Mental Health?A photo taken of the full moon in a cloudy night sky. The moon itself is framed in the picture's center with darker and lighter clouds surrounding it.
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Why Do Some People Believe The Moon Influences Mental Health?

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In 1985, A Newborn Underwent Heart Surgery Without Pain Relief Because Doctors Didn't Think Babies Could Feel PainA newborn baby in hospital.

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In 1985, A Newborn Underwent Heart Surgery Without Pain Relief Because Doctors Didn't Think Babies Could Feel PainA newborn baby in hospital.
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In 1985, A Newborn Underwent Heart Surgery Without Pain Relief Because Doctors Didn't Think Babies Could Feel Pain

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In 1954, Soviet Scientist Vladimir Demikhov Performed "The Most Controversial Experimental Operation Of The 20th Century"black and white photo of dog with another's dog's head transplanted onto it, still on the table immediately after surgery

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In 1954, Soviet Scientist Vladimir Demikhov Performed "The Most Controversial Experimental Operation Of The 20th Century"black and white photo of dog with another's dog's head transplanted onto it, still on the table immediately after surgery
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In 1954, Soviet Scientist Vladimir Demikhov Performed "The Most Controversial Experimental Operation Of The 20th Century"

clock-iconNovember 26, 2025
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The Leech Craze: The Medical Fad That Nearly Eradicated A SpeciesA photo showing dozens of leeches all squirming over one another.

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The Leech Craze: The Medical Fad That Nearly Eradicated A SpeciesA photo showing dozens of leeches all squirming over one another.
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The Leech Craze: The Medical Fad That Nearly Eradicated A Species

clock-iconNovember 19, 2025
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"Lizard Shampoo" And Pagan Texts Suggest "Dark Age" Medicine Wasn't So Dark After AllA photo of a medieval manuscript page showing two concentric circles with medical instructions and a table surrounding it. The text is handwritten and in Latin and the page has yellowed with age.

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"Lizard Shampoo" And Pagan Texts Suggest "Dark Age" Medicine Wasn't So Dark After AllA photo of a medieval manuscript page showing two concentric circles with medical instructions and a table surrounding it. The text is handwritten and in Latin and the page has yellowed with age.
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"Lizard Shampoo" And Pagan Texts Suggest "Dark Age" Medicine Wasn't So Dark After All

clock-iconJune 27, 2025
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From Lamb-Grown To Lab-Grown: The History And Future Of Blood Transfusionsleft panel shows a lamb with a syringe superimposed above it, right panel shows a female scientist using a microscope

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From Lamb-Grown To Lab-Grown: The History And Future Of Blood Transfusionsleft panel shows a lamb with a syringe superimposed above it, right panel shows a female scientist using a microscope
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From Lamb-Grown To Lab-Grown: The History And Future Of Blood Transfusions

clock-iconMay 27, 2025
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Mercury: The “Cure” That KilledA photo of an old bottle of calomel ills. The bottle, which has a large cork stopper in its top is slim and clear, with a narrower but short neck. The bottle is empty and has a label on it saying "E Clinton Brown. Dispensing chemist. Union and Waterloo Street. St John, NB. Calomel tablets." The label is worn and browned with age.

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Mercury: The “Cure” That KilledA photo of an old bottle of calomel ills. The bottle, which has a large cork stopper in its top is slim and clear, with a narrower but short neck. The bottle is empty and has a label on it saying "E Clinton Brown. Dispensing chemist. Union and Waterloo Street. St John, NB. Calomel tablets." The label is worn and browned with age.
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Mercury: The “Cure” That Killed

clock-iconMarch 12, 2025
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