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Rx Malaria

Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Wagner-Jauregg

Tl,Dr: He was an Austrian physician who won the noble prize in medicine in 1927 for discovering that you could treat the then incurable disease of Syphilis by contracting Malaria. The rising body temperature from Malaria would kill syphilis causing bacteria, which in turn would be treated with quinine after the syphilis had been treated.

Unfortunately, dude was also a Nazi sympathiser, keeping up with the trend of the time.

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sh.itjust.works

Unfortunately, dude was also a Nazi sympathiser, keeping up with the trend of the time.

At least we can enjoy the benefits of his work without contributing to him financially like some people (cough cough JK Rowling cough)

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I've been saying: If you're going to be a horrible person, the least you can do is also be dead.

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