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Hello all, Eric Rivenis with the Most Notorious podcast here.

Each week I interview an author or historian about a historical true crime, tragedy, or disaster.

Subject matter ranges from gunslingers to Gilded Age murder, to gangsters, to fires, to pirates, to wild prison breaks.

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Welcome to Historical Blindness, the Odd Past podcast.

If you're sitting at your desk or on a couch, you might consider

visiting our website, historicalblindness.com, and following along with this episode's blog

entry, where you can see images and follow links to sources. However, if you are operating a vehicle, please do not browse and drive.

In our previous episodes, we have delved into a passage of history to which many have turned a blind eye,

and another which remains a blind spot in our knowledge of the past.

In this installment, we'll examine one of the most puzzling medical mysteries of the ages,

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