Today, it seems that medicine can do it all; rid you of a headache, break a fever, help with aches and pains. However, "medicine" back in the day was more likely to CAUSE those things, along with much worse side effects. In this installment of Quackery, we're diving into the dangers of medicinal elements.

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Episode Sources:

Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang, MD and Nate Pedersen