Serious Diseases with Seriously Funny Names, Part One: Dropsy

Ridiculous History

English - November 30, 2023 20:10 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MB - ★★★★ - 4.1K ratings
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History is riddled with oddly-named diseases -- rickets, scurvy, brain fever and more. But where do these names come from? In the first part of this special two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max dive into the etymology of these strange and dangerous maladies... starting with dropsy.

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