Sugar Cubes comes up in 2 chapters across 2 episodes of The Higherside Chats Free Show, from April 2016 to March 2022.
Turpentine History and Slave Medicine Discoveries
Dr. Daniels recounts her discovery of turpentine as a "miracle cure" after researching the highly effective medicines used by enslaved people in the American South. After interviewing descendants of slaves, she learned of a protocol involving turpentine and sugar cubes that was used to treat a wide variety of ailments.
Richard Nixon, Albert Sabin and the Sugar Cube Vaccine
Following the Salk vaccine's failure, Vice President Richard Nixon oversaw a shift in domestic health strategy toward the Sabin oral vaccine. This version used a "live" attenuated virus delivered via sugar cubes but was still grown on contaminated rhesus monkey kidney cells. Scientists Bernice Eddy and Sarah Stewart warned of a future cancer epidemic resulting from the widespread injection of SV40 into the population.
