Tl:dr - A US government-funded study allowed African American men with syphilis to go untreated, long after cheap effective treatments were available. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study I knew about this one (EVERYBODY should know about this one). But Natasha Tidd’s excellent book “A Short History of the World in 50 Lies” has a great chapter on this. In... Continue Reading →
A Short History of the World in 50 lies by Natasha Tidd, part 1: The Ancient World
A Short History of the World in 50 lies by Natasha Tidd. I bought this for two quid in Glossop last September, (and have still not forgiven my best friend from preventing me from entering charity shops - the bastard!). It does what it says on the tin "reveals an alternative perspective on history as... Continue Reading →
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