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Was there a time when the aged wealthy would buy organs from the poor?
by awakeasleep 8y ago
Was there a time when the aged wealthy would buy organs from the poor?
- close04 8y agoToday? Every time since transplants were invented or at least perfected? [0] http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-04-18/desperately-poor-filipinos-sell-kidneys/2409350 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-04-18/desperately-poor-filip... [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/01/05/the-market-for-human-organs-is-destroying-lives/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/01/05/...
- dzdt 8y agoThere was such a time for teeth. Read about George Washington's dentures. I like The Oatmeal's take embedded in their explorarion of the backfire effect. [1] But you can go on a google run; it was common for upper class gentlemen at that time to use human teeth in dentures, bought from the poor or even forcibly extracted from slaves. [1] http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe
- devchix 8y agoFantine in Les Misérables sold her hair and then her teeth to pay for medicine for Cosette. It was her last recourse for money before falling into prostitution. A detail in a work of fiction, but not a stretch to believe it's drawn from real life.