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University of Ottawa: Exercise in the Heat - Could the Poison Also Be the Cure?
October 09, 2019
OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 9 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- The University of Ottawa issued the following news release:

In ancient times, there were tales of paranoiac rulers and megalomaniac kings who, fearing that their enemies would try to have them poisoned, would start drinking a small dose of poison every day to develop a resistance to the toxins.

This might seem like a foolish thing to do, but it looks like there might be some truth behind these archaic methods after all.< . . .

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