#19th-century-medicine

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1 week ago

How Historically Accurate Is Death by Lightning?

James A. Garfield's unexpected 1880 election, assassination by Charles Guiteau, and preventable 79-day death altered U.S. politics amidst 19th-century turmoil.
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4 weeks ago

From monkey elixir to fentanyl: Tyler Skaggs's death is merely a chapter in baseball's 136-year drug fix

In 1889, pitcher Pud Galvin received Brown-Sequard animal-testicle injections and immediately produced a five-hit shutout, marking baseball's earliest documented chemical performance experiment.
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