sighthoundman t1_j49fby3 wrote
Reply to comment by leSchaf in where does epinephrine comes from? The one used for people with allergies because Google only says It comes from glands so I don't understand if it's donated or sintethized by other means. by SALAMI_21
>I don't actually have first hand knowledge but slaughtering livestock just for adrenal glands simply makes no sense.
And yet.
We (as in humans, not as in you and me) slaughter rhinos for their horns, sharks for their fins, (both of those are "traditional medicine") and elephants for their teeth (to make trinkets and piano keys).
Bezoars (most frequently gallstones but sometimes other types of spherical objects from an animal's intestines) were popular in Europe from the 11th to the 17th centuries. Unicorn bezoars could cure anything.
Only the piano keys is /s. Everything else went away when we adopted a more scientific approach to life (/s), but was once believed to be true.
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