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The curative value of pork

August 5, 2021

Howard Fischer Uppsala, Sweden   Photo of a Swedish pig farmer. Gustav Heurlin. From Allers Familj-journal. 1909. Via Wikimedia. The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. — Voltaire   My mother told me the story that when I was a few months old I developed some sort of respiratory […]

The first effective chemotherapy for cancer

November 6, 2020

Marshall A. Lichtman Rochester, New York, United States   Caution: Chemotherapy. Photo by Justin Levy. Via Flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0   Sulfur mustard gas had no influence on the outcome of the battle at Ypres during World War I despite the many deaths and severe injuries it inflicted. Since then, chemical weapons have been used in […]