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SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD@mold_time• over 3 years ago

Even in retrospect, the story of how we discovered the cure for scurvy is pretty complicated. But we worry that it would have looked even messier from the inside. https://t.co/i6UftgUVbZ

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SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD@mold_time• over 3 years ago
Replying to @mold_time

Historians believe this is the first meme to contain the words “antiscorbutic property” https://t.co/KEbuOH5QVY

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SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD@mold_time• over 3 years ago
Replying to @mold_time

Part 2 here: https://t.co/3toAOYONFu

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SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD@mold_time• over 3 years ago

Scurvy — what does it teach us about diseases of deficiency? what does it teach us about concepts? and what does it teach us about nightmarish graft chimera citrus plants? https://t.co/AACd2lxsFY

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SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD@mold_time• over 3 years ago
Replying to @mold_time

Oh yes, special thanks to Maciej Ceglowski @baconmeteor for the essay on the history of scurvy that inspired this piece

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