
CLASSIC: Biomedical Big Brother
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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The History of the Mad Hatter
For a long time, there was a concept that the consumption of mercury could possibly allow people to live for a longer span of time. As we know now, that consumption of mercury has the opposite effect. The other thing that would happen is physicians might cling to traditional beliefs despite indications that other treatments might be more effective and less dangerous.
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