The Green Tongue Epidemic in Post World War II Japan

When a mysterious gastrointestinal illness starts turning into a dangerous neurologic disease accompanied by green tongues in post WWII Japan, researches scramble to find out why people are becoming sick. We'll do a deep dive on this one to figure out the cause. Sources: - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-cure-is-cause-180967666/ - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15152488/ - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC478909/?page=1 - https://newint.org/features/1981/01/01/devils - https://www.medchemexpress.com/biology-dictionary/subacute-myelo-optico-neuropathy-smon.html?locale=ja-JP (How Clioquinol causes green tongue and urine) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6571072/ (Clioquinol deep dive) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Meade (Dr Who Wrote the 1970’s paper) - https://www.byuradio.org/ea2808e3-db19-4656-878c-f4804984ffc2/constant-wonder-dirty-hands--green-tongues?playhead=1844&autoplay=true (Radio interview with author) - https://www.nature.com/articles/sc201068 (Imaging findings in SMON) - https://molmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/BF03401927 (Possible Clioquinol Toxicity Mechanism) - https://shizuka.com.au/the-health-benefits-of-a-japanese-diet/ (Japanese diet and Zinc) - https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/yoken1952/24/4/24_4_195/_pdf/-char/en (Kono paper) Support the show ----- PHPod Merch Store (CLOSED) ----- Podcast Linktree (social media links / reviews / ratings) ----- #medicine #medicalhistory #history #historypodcast