A Miracle Drug That Wasn't a Miracle at All
The strange thing about thalidomide is that almost nobody thought they were taking a dangerous drug. There were no dramatic overdoses. No gangsters. No underground markets. Just ordinary people swallowing an ordinary pill before bed, completely unaware that one of the largest medical disasters in modern history had already begun.
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