They seemed sensible at the time. Governments, experts, companies, and ordinary people confidently embraced decisions that future generations would look back on with disbelief.
Once hailed as breakthroughs, these medical treatments later revealed devastating risks, from lobotomies and radioactive remedies to thalidomide, DES, and other once-celebrated therapies that became cautionary tales.
Young women, barely in their twenties, painted watch dials by day and glowed eerily after dark. Nobody warned them about the danger, but their bosses knew better.
Marie Curie wasn't just the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, she was the first person to win it twice. But behind Curie's success was a tragic struggle.
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