Fatigue Vaccine

I wonder what was this "vaccine against fatigue" that scientists in the 1920s thought they had discovered. Methamphetamine perhaps? I know that the Nazis thought it was an anti-fatigue wonder drug.

More info: Robert Armstrong-Jones (wikipedia)

Nottingham Evening Post - Nov 29, 1923

Daily Mirror - Nov 30, 1923

Shreveport Times - Nov 30, 1923

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Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 20, 2024
Category: Science | Sleep and Dreams | 1920s

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Is there anything that will prevent anti-vaccine fatigue?

Posted by crc on 02/20/24 at 10:27 AM

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