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An Object in Time | The Ball

11.29.2022 - By ABC listenPlay

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The Carbolic Smoke Ball was touted as a miracle cure for all kinds of illnesses that were rife in the 1890s. It never actually cured anything, but what it did do was change the law forever.

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