tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post1060113562116483562..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: What to do in case of deathGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-52079695277945058452016-05-31T12:02:57.245+12:002016-05-31T12:02:57.245+12:00I recall a first-person essay on Slate about the a...I recall a first-person essay on Slate about the author's early years as an unvaccinated child in the 1980s. She had quinsy in her early 20s and mentioned its role in the death of Elizabeth I.Megan Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584562106579704547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-58244229335234210842016-05-31T09:18:51.683+12:002016-05-31T09:18:51.683+12:00Yikes. Being pre-antibiotics, the book suggests, i...Yikes. Being pre-antibiotics, the book suggests, in case of suppuration, fomenting often with a solution of 1 part lactic acid to 7 of water, and giving a mixture containing 2 drachms of tincture of iron and 4 drachms of glycerine to 6 ounces of water, as well as gargling with carbolic acid. Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-13374909972864007342016-05-31T06:36:30.965+12:002016-05-31T06:36:30.965+12:00Quinsey is an extreme form of throat infection, no...Quinsey is an extreme form of throat infection, not quite the same as tonsillitis. It involves the closing of the throat due to extreme ulceration, hence potentially fatal. My son has had it twice, resulting in hospitalisation, the lancing of ulcers and intravenous antibiotics.Viridessencenoreply@blogger.com