Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 16 days agoHow did people treat radio active material before they knew what radio activity was?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareHow did people treat radio active material before they knew what radio activity was?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 16 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days ago100% correct. They knew, and when the injuries were a lot more severe than they anticipated, they tried to pass it off as syphilis.
minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoWasn’t even a passing off, syphilis was one of those diseases that was seen as a sign of poor character (leper logic) so it was also an attempt to outright slander their own employees.
100% correct. They knew, and when the injuries were a lot more severe than they anticipated, they tried to pass it off as syphilis.
Wasn’t even a passing off, syphilis was one of those diseases that was seen as a sign of poor character (leper logic) so it was also an attempt to outright slander their own employees.