| Vipeholm Experiments Candy Jar | |
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| "Redefining "sweet tooth" since 1945." - Artie Neilson | |
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Origin |
Vipeholm Experiments |
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Type |
Candy Jar |
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Effects |
Fills candy with sugars |
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Downsides |
Candy eaten will cause rapid tooth degradation |
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Activation |
Eating candies from it |
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Collected by |
Warehouse 13 |
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Section |
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Aisle |
485799-0543 |
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Shelf |
675623-3984-206 |
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Date of Collection |
May 27, 1968 |
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Origin[]
The Vipeholm Experiments were a series of experiments performed on mental patients of Vipeholm Mental Hospital in Sweden. In the 1940s, their dental health program was not well established and wanted to prove a correlation between sugar intake and cavities. Those working on the program decided to replace pills with sticky and sugary candies to speed up the results process. The experiment ended within two years and provided a wealth of data on tooth decay. But, it had also destroyed many patients’ teeth and is now today considered to have violated medical ethics.
Effects[]
Candy will become highly dense, filled with sugar and other sweeteners. Causes an accelerated decay in teeth that slowly transforms them into a candy similar to toffee.