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Hear Some Of The Ridiculous Things We Used To Do To Cure Diseases Before This Guy Invented Vaccines

Life before modern medicine was absolutely frightful. Every once in a while, a brilliant person would come along and figure out things we totally take for granted now, like hand-washing or how some “afflictions” are “catching.” But can you imagine figuring out how to protect people against diseases before they got sick? Edward Jenner did,…

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