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May 15, 2008 03:10

How thrilling.

The anticonvulsant properties of potassium bromide were first noted by Sir Charles Locock at a meeting of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society in 1857. Bromide can be regarded as the first effective medication for epilepsy. At the time, it was commonly thought that epilepsy was caused by masturbation. Locock noted that bromide calmed sexual excitement and thought this was responsible for his success in treating seizures. There would not be a better drug for epilepsy until phenobarbital in 1912. It was often said the British Army laced the soldiers' tea with bromide to quell sexual arousal, however this is likely to be an urban legend and similar stories were also told about a number of substances.

--The Allknowing Wiki

It was also thrilling to realize that I should be dividing by two rather than multiplying by two, and therefore I had an unknown which was much more likely to exist.

I'm going to go eat a Questionable Burrito and write my damn lab report. !
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