@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 4 months agoHow did people treat radio active material before they knew what radio activity was?message-square51fedilinkarrow-up181
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minus-square@[email protected]MlinkfedilinkEnglish29•4 months ago100% correct. They knew, and when the injuries were a lot more severe than they anticipated, they tried to pass it off as syphilis.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•4 months agoWasn’t even a passing off, syphilis was one of those diseases that was seen as a sign of poor character (leper logic) so it was also an attempt to outright slander their own employees.
100% correct. They knew, and when the injuries were a lot more severe than they anticipated, they tried to pass it off as syphilis.
Wasn’t even a passing off, syphilis was one of those diseases that was seen as a sign of poor character (leper logic) so it was also an attempt to outright slander their own employees.