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The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment was clinical study conducted between 1932 and 1972

The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment was clinical study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the U.S. Public Health Service for the purpose of observing the natural progression of syphilis with no medicinal intervention in poor, often uneducated African-America

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elephant in a cave [NSFL](x-post /r/nature)

elephant in a cave [NSFL](x-post /r/nature)

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Breastfeeding is more natural

Breastfeeding is more natural

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In the 1900’s, doctors would stick a nail in the urethra and then use a hammer

In the 1900’s, doctors would stick a nail in the urethra and then use a hammer to break up kidney stones until they were small enough to pass naturally. Done without anesthetic until 1846.

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