Scandal: Thalidomide The worlds worst Medical Disaster? | Short Documentary
Channel: Plainly Difficult
Date: 2022-06-25

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Once touted as a wonder drug that could alleviate any form of nausea Thalidomide also known as Contergan, was prescribed to pregnant women, but soon enough the wonder medicine would become a nightmare...

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Welcome to a New Series
00:26 Intro
01:46 Background
02:31 Drugs Discovery
08:27 Troubling Rumours
10:59 International Attention 
15:23 Aftermath

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Sources:

►https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573415/

►https://www.thalidomide.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Dr-Lenz-history-of-thalidomide-1992.pdf

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