... might have been a mere fraction of what it actually was. Within a single decade the centuries of superstition clinging to theories of divine retribution and toxic "efflura" gave way to the scientific understandings at Louis Pasteur and his published discovery of bacteria and Joseph Lister describing his experiments with carbolic acid and antiseptics. Now jump forward about one hundred and forty years ... ...

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... a drug is safe because it has been tested on animals?" Anti Animal Cruelty's website said there were several instances where drug testing on animals had proved inconclusive, even dangerous. For example, Thalidomide was marketed as a safe tranquilliser for pregnant women after years of animal testing, yet resulted in more than 10,000 grossly deformed human babies worldwide. Aspirin, which can be ... ...

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