Prior to 1961 drugs were not stringently tested before being introduced to the Australian market. The prevailing view in obstetric care was that medications that were non-toxic to the mother were non-toxic to the developing fetus. This illusion was dramatically and irreversibly shattered in 1961 when Sydney obstetrician Dr William McBride raised the alarm that babies exposed to thalidomide were being born with significant birth defects. The thalidomide tragedy would go on to have seismi...
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Prior to 1961 drugs were not stringently tested before being introduced to the Australian market. The prevailing view in obstetric care was that medications that were non-toxic to the mother were non-toxic to the developing fetus. This illusion was dramatically and irreversibly shattered in 1961 when Sydney obstetrician Dr William McBride raised the alarm that babies exposed to thalidomide were being born with significant birth defects. The thalidomide tragedy would go on to have seismi...
Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, is remote and difficult to access by sea. The discovery of phosphate in the late 19th century changed its fortunes. In 1899 workers arrived to tame the island. Soon after they arrived, an ancient disease with an unknown cause and no known cure joined them - beriberi. References: Arts, Nicolass JM et al 2017 “Korsakoff’s syndrome: a critical review” Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment vol 13 pp 2875-2890 https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S130078 Blev...
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Prior to 1961 drugs were not stringently tested before being introduced to the Australian market. The prevailing view in obstetric care was that medications that were non-toxic to the mother were non-toxic to the developing fetus. This illusion was dramatically and irreversibly shattered in 1961 when Sydney obstetrician Dr William McBride raised the alarm that babies exposed to thalidomide were being born with significant birth defects. The thalidomide tragedy would go on to have seismi...
