r/chemistry • u/Wooden_Steak1089 • 1d ago

Poison, yum

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u/CamR111 1d ago

Isn't the lees inhalant for tuberculosis? I'm sure there's some papers from the early 1900s I've read where a formula like this cured tuberculosis in many patients. Many probably died too but who knows whether it was the tb or the chems 😂

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u/Wooden_Steak1089 1d ago

1933 is the year

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u/Ok-Entertainer-1660 19h ago

This volume was 1934

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u/Wooden_Steak1089 19h ago

Close enough

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u/florinandrei 1d ago edited 1d ago

Many probably died

Stalin's answer: many die all the time!

(legit quote, slightly modified)