In the 19th century, doctors offered cocaine for depression and toothaches.
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Hannah Kerman,
STAT,
29 Apr. 2026
But that pattern of inequality was roughly consistent across space, unlike the sharp modern gaps between countries, and even kings and popes died of illnesses and suffered from toothaches like everyone else.
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