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What is snake oil?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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The Perpetual Truth About Aspirin

Aspirin was a known thing that you could prescribe a patient and it would help their fever. It was not known that when you prescribe too much aspirin, you could potentially kill that patient. We'd love to hear examples of cockamamie cures you've encountered in the wild. Unfortunately, we know that you or someone you are close with has encountered something like modern day snake oil.

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