Scandal: Thalidomide The worlds worst Medical Disaster? | Short Documentary

Learn with Plainly Difficult! Once touted as a wonder drug that could alleviate any form of nausea Thalidomide also known as Contergan, was prescribed to pregnant women, but soon enough the wonder medicine would become a nightmare... Thank you to my Patreons, Youtube Members and Paypal Donors, your support keeps the lights on! SOCIAL MEDIA: ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/Plainly_D CHAPTERS: 00:00 Welcome to a New Series 00:26 Intro 01:46 Background 02:31 Drugs Discovery 08:27 Troubling Rumours 10:59 International Attention 15:23 Aftermath EQUIPTMENT USED:: ►SM7B ►Audient ID4 ►MacBook Pro 16 ►Hitfilm ►Logic X MUSIC: ►Outro: 303 Jam Pt2 (Plainly John) OTHER GREAT CHANNELS: ►https://www.youtube.com/user/dominotitanic20/community ►https://www.youtube.com/user/CynicalC... ►https://www.youtube.com/user/JabzyJoe ►https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg Sources: ►https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573415/ ►https://www.thalidomide.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Dr-Lenz-history-of-thalidomide-1992.pdf ►By RuthAS - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15457029 ►Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY Attribute this image Photographer: Marita Dyson ►Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/259289 #disaster #Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​