Stalinon killed more than one hundred people in a few months

Stalinon is a drug marketed in November 1953 to treat boils using tin and linoleic acid. Faced with the first reports of serious neurological disorders caused by cerebral edema, the manufacturer simply tinted the capsules and ordered a reduction in the dose. Its toxicity was finally made public in June 1954, causing the death of 102 patients and numerous permanent aftereffects.