Episode 448: Alcatraz Part I - Bird Is the Word
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Did Robert Stroud Discover Bird Medicine?
Robert Stroud was in solitary confinement at Leavenworth prison. He developed his own bird medicines, including a basic antiseptic that functioned as a basic antibiotics. By the time he died of old age from lung cancer and heart disease, Robert Stroud had made $8,000-a-year selling birds to fellow prisoners.
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