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Albert Abrams
Season 1, Ep. 293
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Albert Abrams was a fraudulent inventor and physician who sold many machines such as the difficult-to-pronounce Oscilloclast that, in reality, didn’t do much of anything. Nonetheless, people bought it up. Learn more about the medical lies as hosted by Rachel Teichman, LMSW and Victor Varnado, KSN.
Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman
Full Wikipedia article:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Abrams
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