Have you ever wondered where the phrase, "jaw-dropping" came from?  The origin of this shocking phrase goes back to the Industrial Revolution in England where the glorious matchstick was our main source of illumination....and poison? Harini tells the dark tale of the Matchstick girls getting phossy jaw from the toxic white phosphorous used to make matchsticks.

Have you ever wondered where the phrase, "jaw-dropping" came from? The origin of this shocking phrase goes back to the Industrial Revolution in England where the glorious matchstick was our main source of illumination....and poison? Harini tells the dark tale of the Matchstick girls getting phossy jaw from the toxic white phosphorous used to make matchsticks.

Have you ever wondered where the phrase, "jaw-dropping" came from?&nbsp; The origin of this shocking phrase goes back to the Industrial Revolution in England where the glorious matchstick was our main source of illumination....and poison? Harini tells the dark tale of the Matchstick girls getting phossy jaw from the toxic white phosphorous used to make matchsticks.

Ep 18 - The Ladies from the 1880's

A pharmacist and her longtime friend walk into a bar. What emerges is a dotty little science podcast, with a taste for toxicology. Poisons, medical mysteries, political assassinations, healing rituals, environmental disasters, pandemics &amp; more - nothing is off the lab table here. This is the science of storytelling at its finest.&nbsp;

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A pharmacist and her longtime friend walk into a bar. What emerges is a dotty little science podcast, with a taste for toxicology. Poisons, medical mysteries, political assassinations, healing rituals, environmental disasters, pandemics & more - nothing is off the lab table here. This is the science of storytelling at its finest. 

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Ep 18 - The Ladies from the 1880's

Ep 18 - The Ladies from the 1880's