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abstractspoon 2 days ago [-]
I remember doing a not dissimilar experiment to see what all the surfers were complaining about regarding bluebottle jellyfish stings. I picked up a carcass and smeared it on my arm for a minute or so, then spent the rest of the afternoon observing the results. After the expected burning sensation (I have been burnt a number of times) died down I then received an ache in my armpit which I put down to my lymph nodes working overtime, after which I had a low grade headache for the rest of the day. I totally accept that this was not equivalent to having a bluebottle's trailing stingers wrapped around my abdomen as a surfer might, but still an interesting excursion.
readthenotes1 32 minutes ago [-]
"Urination at 12:20 AM mostly blood, but small in amount. Mouth had bled steadily as shown by dried blood at both angles of mouth. "
But let's not go to the hospital where I can get any sort of treatment whatsoever. Mind you, this was before hospital prices would bankrupt you too.
Instead, I think this is the simple human mechanism to say I've made it through yesterday and I'll make it through today.
defrost 19 minutes ago [-]
Certainly you might think that.
More probable is that a world leader in herpetology (study of reptiles and amphibians) was acutely aware of the state of antivenom production in 1957, spotty for common snakes and near non existent for rare and as yet unidentified African snakes.
Production is slow and low volume, shelf life is limited, the number of variations required for different snakes is large.
Of possible interest, to just scratch the surface:
But let's not go to the hospital where I can get any sort of treatment whatsoever. Mind you, this was before hospital prices would bankrupt you too.
Instead, I think this is the simple human mechanism to say I've made it through yesterday and I'll make it through today.
More probable is that a world leader in herpetology (study of reptiles and amphibians) was acutely aware of the state of antivenom production in 1957, spotty for common snakes and near non existent for rare and as yet unidentified African snakes.
Production is slow and low volume, shelf life is limited, the number of variations required for different snakes is large.
Of possible interest, to just scratch the surface:
* https://biomedicalsciences.unimelb.edu.au/departments/depart...
* https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-05-03/universal-ant...
It might counter your apparent notion that the man here could just pop into a hospital and be magically cured.