
20th Century
A Teenager's Cough Created Modern Warfare's Deadliest Weapon
A seventeen-year-old tuberculosis patient coughs blood onto a hotel towel and accidentally creates the deadliest weapon of the twentieth century.
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Download on the App StoreAustria-HungaryEarly 20th CenturyMedical HistoryBiological WarfareScientific EthicsViennaTuberculosisMilitary TechnologyHeinrich GrossBéla Schick
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