ם Curing Asthma and Hayfever with Hookworm

In one of the strangest stories I’ve encountered in a while, a very daring author has written up his guide to curing asthma and hayfever using hookworm (a note to the extremely faint of heart, proceed with some caution; there are a few slightly disgusting parts of his tale).

It’s an interesting idea, although I’d prefer to hear some results like this from a more sanitary and controlled test. Condensing the treatment to some form of pill might also be a more convenient method than flying to Cameroon to walk around barefoot in natives’ excrement.

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