The worldwide web may be today's breeding ground for false information, but through the marvels of word-of-mouth and the printed press, these case stories from yesteryear took the medical community and general public by storm.
Medical Program: Things That Made Us Go “Hmm”: Tall Tales in Medical History
Things That Made Us Go "Hmm": Tall Tales in Medical History
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- Host: Marshall Miller
Even in the days before web hysterics, these three tall tales had other means of going viral.
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