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Yellow fever and malaria tore about the south for over a century. Fifty years before anyone had a treatment for either of these diseases, one Florida man invented a machine that could've saved millions... if only anyone had listened.
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Yellow fever and malaria tore about the south for over a century. Fifty years before anyone had a treatment for either of these diseases, one Florida man invented a machine that could've saved millions... if only anyone had listened.
Follow Wait Five Minutes on Twitter
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Email the show at [email protected]!
Songs
Bad Old Daemons by Lobo Loco
Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco
Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco
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