File 0018-0019: Corrupted Paralysis Cure-Alls
03/04/2021
In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue:
- Cure-Alls: Since the beginning of time humans have always sought the easiest and quickest solutions. This isn't necessarily a bad thing! Some of our greatest innovations came from the hunt for a shortcut. But this also drove us to some of our worst ideas.
- The Corrupted Blood Incident: On September 13th 2005 when the disease first began to spread, hopping from animal hosts into their owners and from there into the shop-keeps and other civilians. It came out of nowhere, no one could have expected something like this, there simply was no precedent. To put it lightly, Azeroth was shook
- Sleep Paralysis: Imagine waking in the night, heart thundering, adrenaline ripping through your body, shadows dancing before your eyes, but you, no matter how hard you try, cannot move.
Sources
Due to our sometimes extremely ravenous research, not all our sources can fit below, for a full list of sources, please visit the page on the topic you're interested in
- https://www.si.edu/spotlight/health-hygiene-and-beauty/cure-alls-and-salves
- https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/01/how-ancient-cure-alls-paved-the-way-for-drug-regulation/512594/
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panacea_(medicine)
- https://hersheystory.org/the-cure-to-all-of-your-troubles-patent-medicines-at-the-turn-of-the-century/
- https://www.hagley.org/research/digital-exhibits/history-patent-medicine
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_patent_medicines
- https://journals.lww.com/epidem/fulltext/2007/03000/modeling_infectious_diseases_dissemination_through.15.aspx
- https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(07)70212-8/fulltext
- https://www.pcgamer.com/the-researchers-who-once-studied-wows-corrupted-blood-plague-are-now-fighting-the-coronavirus/
