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Do not see if mercury is right for you, it is not right for anyone, it is poison.

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Syphilis - The Great Imitator - Extra History - #1

If you live in Minnesota, learn more at http://U21checkups.com. If you don’t, check here: https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/benefits/epsdt/index.html . While France and Italy warred against each other, a new disease appeared to ravage the populace. A disease that had such a wide array of symptoms that expressed wildly differently in people to the point doctors called it The Great Imitator. Syphilis. A sexually transmitted disease that caused physical and psychological damage. A disease that exposed affairs (even one pope) and led to doctors beginning to advertise themselves as not only skilled but discreet. Got a favorite subject you want covered? Support us at Patreon to suggest EH topics: http://bit.ly/ExtraHPatreon Check out all our shows at http://becauselearningmatters.com Grab your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://bit.ly/ExtraStore Subscribe for new episodes every Saturday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://becausegamesmatter.com/extra-... Contribute community subtitles to Extra History: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_p... Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Play games with us on http://bit.ly/ECtwitch Listen to our podcast: http://becausegamesmatter.com/podcast Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram Follow us on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/EConTumblr Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram ____________ ♪ Get the intro music here! http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 *Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1AaJG4H ♪ Outro music: "Extra History Theme" By: Sean and Dean Kiner

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Josh Brown

Gotta admit, the "ad" at the end got me good. I think I laughed for a solid 4-5 minutes. Well done EC team, well done.

Bill Lemmond

Zoe is our hero (because "heroine" is now old-fashioned, and looks/sounds too much like a really dangerous substance/bad idea)! I love her increasingly vivid and very appropriate reactions to a heavy metal (and Mercury, of all things!) as a topical or (Horrors!) internal medicine. Wow. Some day, please do a follow-up on Mercury, as a study of the thoughts that led people to think it was a good medicine. Studying the thoughts could help us avoid similar mistakes (e.g. the decades we insisted that stomach ulcers were stress-induced, and couldn't be related to bacterial infection).

David Blair

I was torn between laughter and wanting to gouge my eyes/ears out. Not because of the mercury, medical product ads just do that to me.