Little things, like taking a shortcut through the park on your way to work each day can make a big difference

to your mental health. Find your little big thing

big thing at every mind matters.

An Erios original. And Ereio's Original.

I was born with a special gift.

The ability to mentally transform any situation into the worst case scenario in my own brain.

My therapist calls my gift catastrophizing.

And that's why I'm uniquely qualified to scrutinize and analyze history's greatest disasters.

And find out who's to blame.

They say history repeats itself.

Not on my watch.

My name is Rebecca Delgado Smith,

and I am The Alarmist.

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in to The Alarmist, a comedy podcast where we talk

about history's greatest tragedies and figure out who's to blame. Today we'll

be discussing the Tuskegee Experiment. Here's what you need to know.

Ciphalis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the bacterium Trepinema pallidum.

It first appeared in Europe in 1495 and it spread like wildfire.

It was seen as a mysterious epidemic which struck terror in people by the rapidity of its spread and the helplessness of physicians to cure

it. Mercury ointments were the most common treatment for syphilis, but after time, positions began to realize that its potential side effects, including

neuropathies, kidney failure, severe malefulsors, loss of teeth, and even death from mercury poisoning outweighed its benefits and the

treatment was considered ineffective. In the 1920s over 400 years later

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