How interesting!
The things you learn......
The commander of the 6th Florida was shot through the body at Shiloh. Before the war ended he had recovered and was back in command.
That’s a wild and interesting fact.
Thanks for the post Talisker. Apparently the therapeutic value wasn’t recognized during the war - I wonder if the bacteria has a medicinal use now?
New one to me. Thanks for the tidbit.
Wow
Bump to send to the Civil War buffs in the family.
One of the more profound and unforgettable displays at the Atlanta History Center is an array of the typical civil war field surgeon’s tools. One look at that and you wonder how anyone survived being treated for their wounds. Crude saws and other tools, and then to think they did not have developed germ theory and sterilization techniques. Eeew...
Neat! Thanks for posting.
Fascinating! wonder if something like this could be useful for anti-biotic resistant infections??
Me neither. My great-great grandfather was a Confederate soldier at Shiloh, TN. (We’re Tennesseans.) - My parents used to take me to Shiloh when I was a child. - He told my grandmother that Shiloh was awful, just awful; the biggest mess that he had ever experienced in his life. - The Bloody Pond at Shiloh is now faded a lot; but when I was a child, it was still rather dark, dark crimson. I’m 69.
Luv your moniker. I had some Talisker (whisky...that is the correct spelling by the way in Scotland)) on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It has a sort of petroleum taste from the waters that filter through the peat bogs.
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A mechanic was removing a cylinder head from the motor of a Harley motorcycle when he spotted a well-known heart surgeon in his shop.
The surgeon was there, waiting for the service manager to come and take a look at his bike.
The mechanic shouted across the garage, "Hey, Doc, can I ask you a question?"
The surgeon a bit surprised, walked over to the mechanic working on the motorcycle. The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked, "So Doc, look at this engine. I open its heart, take the valves out, fix 'em, put 'em back in, and when I finish, it works just like new. So how come I get such a small salary and you get the really big bucks, when you and I are doing basically the same work?"
The surgeon paused, smiled and leaned over, and whispered to the mechanic... "Try doing it with the engine running."
Wow. Very interesting.
I believe it’s true that even our battle against bacteria pales in comparison to the actual war going on at the microbiotic level.
So no matter how many times they lament “We’re running out of antibiotics...” well they have only looked at 1/2 of 1/10 of one percent of the possibilities!