# @wild_history_uk on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZvUFhbIBOZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66798224-wild-history-uk-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/8332618b96.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-06-18T19:40:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Wild History Shocking Stories From the Past (@wild_history_uk) — https://gondola.cc/wild_history_uk

## Caption

Her doctor promised the new tablet was completely safe — even for pregnant women. It was thalidomide.

Sold in Britain as Distaval from 1958, it left around 2,000 babies harmed; half died within months. It was never tested on a pregnant animal.

A drug sold to protect mothers. Tragedy, or worse?

#ForgottenHistory #BritishHistory

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- **Views:** 4,680
- **Likes:** 222
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- **Comments:** 14

## Tags

forgottenhistory, britishhistory

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