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Medical assault on the three-foot Guinea worm of Sudan
Telegraph ^
| February 17, 2010
| Peter Martell
Posted on 02/17/2010 9:28:25 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan
IIRC, doctors would prescribe a medicine to kill them off when you got where you wanted to be. I think it was arsenic based!
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posted on
02/17/2010 12:20:54 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
I am sure the “medicine” had something bad in it like arsenic or mercury. You need something potent enough to kill the critters in your tummy.
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posted on
02/17/2010 12:22:27 PM PST
by
C19fan
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
02/17/2010 12:22:35 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Daffynition
That’s quite a can of worms...
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posted on
02/17/2010 12:24:21 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(DON'T SAY "Happy Valentines' Day". It's Happy Holidays! This is the Holiday Season (Prez Day Feb15))
To: C19fan
I’ve heard tales of using a plate of warm milk near your mouth to lure out the worms...
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02/17/2010 12:25:28 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(DON'T SAY "Happy Valentines' Day". It's Happy Holidays! This is the Holiday Season (Prez Day Feb15))
To: AZ .44 MAG
Puts you off of dental floss for awhile too!
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posted on
02/17/2010 12:26:00 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(DON'T SAY "Happy Valentines' Day". It's Happy Holidays! This is the Holiday Season (Prez Day Feb15))
To: C19fan
If you google “tapeworm removal” there are, um....videos (gag, choke, sputter, cough, wheeze)
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posted on
02/17/2010 12:28:12 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
I am probably going to check it out. Thanks.
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02/17/2010 12:29:46 PM PST
by
C19fan
To: Joe 6-pack
Animal Planet had a show about a dude who had fly maggots in his back and showed an actual video of their removal. Unique combination of grossness and fascination.
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posted on
02/17/2010 12:31:00 PM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Once upon a time, maggots were used to clean infected wounds.
My cousin, a nurse, was to treat one of her patients with prescription leaches to lessen facial swelling after — I forget, now — surgery after a car wreck or something.
I was so startled by the idea of leaches that I’m not sure I have all the details!
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posted on
02/17/2010 1:59:45 PM PST
by
Cloverfarm
(This too shall pass ...)
To: MHGinTN
IIRC, until the late thirties in the U.S., tapeworms were being sold as weight reduction systems.
The all-natural, organic weight loss system.
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02/17/2010 7:39:13 PM PST
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aruanan
To: aruanan
I'm 64. When I was in grade school we had a skinny little classmate who had chronic sore throat. It was said that he ‘got well’ when the school nurse looked down his throat and saw the tapeworm poking its nasty head up into his larynx.
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posted on
02/17/2010 7:43:53 PM PST
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MHGinTN
(Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
don't even get me started on bilharzia...
Google
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posted on
03/04/2010 6:16:59 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Freedom is Priceless.)
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