This week, Liz and Dakota take a look back at one of the worst medical disasters in history, the prescribing of the drug thalidomide to pregnant mothers, and the effects this had on the babies they delivered.
Episode Notes
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/thalidomide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide
https://helix.northwestern.edu/article/thalidomide-tragedy-lessons-drug-safety-and-regulation
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