I don't have a membership to the Washington Post and can't read the article "The History Of Chemistry In Baseball: Elixirs, Potions Came Long Before Steroids" but noticed a similar mention of Pud Galvin in another periodical, "ESPN" the magazine (it’s a free subscription).
Zev Chafets wrote a piece on Manny Ramirez, supporting his enshrinement into Cooperstown. In the article, he cites several questionable actions by some of the HOF members including Pud Galvin.
"In 1889, pitcher Pud Galvin drank monkey testosterone."
I was surprised by this, sounds more like an episode of "Fear Factor" than any form of performance enhancing drugs. Would such a practice possibly help in the slightest?
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