All about Eve

2013 marks the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that causes Aquired Immune Deficiency syndrome or AIDS. 

AIDS was first described in 1981.  A cluster of odd infections were noted particularly in intra venous drug users and gay men in the United States.  Soon the number of affected individuals was increasing almost exponentially. 

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Dear Readers.

I apologise for my absence, getting married and all that jazz.

This blog should resume normal functioning soon.

In the meantime.....

Medical history is on page 3 I think, under medical history :D. 

I'm aware I have no chance against the bigger blogs - but vote for me anyway.  This is the only Australian blog that syphilis and impotence as of part of its regular content.  What's not to love?

Dr. Turkey

Goofballs

My apologies, dear readers, I didn't forget this blog, there's just been a lot of stuff going on in Turkeyland.  Moving house, recieving my fellowship, sitting exams and a wedding in six weeks.

So when I stumbled across some information on barbiturates I decided it was an appropriate subject for a post because I feel like I really need some....

Leaders have been experimenting with pharmaceuticals to improve the condition of their army troops for as long as armies have existed.  We've already discussed the German's and their use of amphetamines during WWII.  The Allies, too, tried distributing medications to their troops to try and make them perform better.