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"In those days, "surgeons operated in blood-stiffened frock coats – the stiffer the coat, the prouder the busy surgeon", "pus was as inseparable from surgery as blood", and "Cleanliness was next to prudishness"" How would this make sense in the light of the miasma theory? Wouldnt everything reek?

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We have a lot of ancient poems and stories that are considered complex, beautiful, etc. That is probably why they survived, they were copied more or kept in a safer place. What about bad ones? Are there preserved equivalents of 14 year olds MySpace poems around? Nonsense stories written by kids?

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There was a notable movement against the realities of AIDS and the Spanish flu. What are the earliest records of similar movements? Were there Black Death deniers? Leprosy skeptics?

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Accurate DNA paternity tests became available in the 1960s, and with each decade they became more precise. Were there any major attempts to discredit it from politicians, scientists, or anyone in power who would be ruined by the testing?

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"In those days, "surgeons operated in blood-stiffened frock coats – the stiffer the coat, the prouder the busy surgeon", "pus was as inseparable from surgery as blood", and "Cleanliness was next to prudishness"" How would this make sense in the light of the miasma theory? Wouldnt everything reek?	3136
We have a lot of ancient poems and stories that are considered complex, beautiful, etc. That is probably why they survived, they were copied more or kept in a safer place. What about bad ones? Are there preserved equivalents of 14 year olds MySpace poems around? Nonsense stories written by kids?	83
There was a notable movement against the realities of AIDS and the Spanish flu. What are the earliest records of similar movements? Were there Black Death deniers? Leprosy skeptics?	11
Accurate DNA paternity tests became available in the 1960s, and with each decade they became more precise. Were there any major attempts to discredit it from politicians, scientists, or anyone in power who would be ruined by the testing?	7