July 2018
"The generation of Australians who grew up in the '60s and '70s will be familiar with the ‘thalidomide children’ – babies born with missing, shortened or malformed limbs because their mothers were prescribed thalidomide during pregnancy. The devastating effects of the drug were estimated to have affected 12,000 children worldwide, hundreds of them in Australia. It is thanks to McBride that the world was alerted to its danger."
"The generation of Australians who grew up in the '60s and '70s will be familiar with the ‘thalidomide children’ – babies born with missing, shortened or malformed limbs because their mothers were prescribed thalidomide during pregnancy. The devastating effects of the drug were estimated to have affected 12,000 children worldwide, hundreds of them in Australia. It is thanks to McBride that the world was alerted to its danger."
Doctor who alerted the world to the dangers of thalidomide
William McBride launched a brilliant medical career. Then came a dramatic fall from grace. Years of darkness followed before he found redemption.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/doctor-william-mcbride-obituary-thalidomide-medicine-20180628-p4zodu.html
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