Re: Germany to double benefits for thalidomide victims

On Feb 28, 5:49 pm, "D. C. Sessions" <d...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In message <lqces3lrfqsagf0djecab7ihh1qb00h...@xxxxxxx>, Peter Bowditch wrote:

Another faintly-silver lining is that we learned a LOT about
fetal development from that episode.  By no means worth the
suffering but there it is anyway, sort of like the medical
advances that come out of wars.

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+---------- D. C. Sessions <d...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ----------+

So tell us, what medical advances came from the Nazi's medical
research in the death camps?

DrCee
You cannot secure nor restore health with pus and poisons

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