Ep 158 Scarlet Fever: You’ve changed

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Health & Fitness, Science

4.8 • 17.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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A mere 150 years ago, uttering the words “scarlet fever” was enough to strike fear into the hearts of many, especially parents of young children. For a brief period of time, this disease, caused by an infection with the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes, reigned as a leading cause of childhood death in many parts of the world. It left its mark on gravestones, in public health decrees, in literature like the Velveteen Rabbit, but then something changed. The disease became milder, no longer the deadly threat it once was. But it didn’t go away entirely or lose its bite completely. In this episode, we examine the biology of scarlet fever and trace how it can make you sick before exploring its strange and tragic history. How did such a deadly disease change almost overnight, before any effective treatment was developed? And what can that tell us about its potential to change back? Tune in to find out. Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/3WwtIAu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.5	Weeks passed, and the little rabbit grew very old and shabby, but the boy loved him
0:45.1	just as much.
0:46.1	He loved him so hard that he loved all his whiskers off, and the pink lining to his ears
0:51.1	turned gray, and his brown spots faded.
0:53.7	He even began to lose his shape,
0:55.8	and he scarcely looked like a rabbit anymore, except to the boy. To him, he was always beautiful,
1:01.2	and that was all that the little rabbit cared about. He didn't mind how he looked to other people,
1:05.7	because the nursery magic had made him real, and when you are real, shabbiness doesn't matter.
1:12.7	And then one day,
1:18.5	the boy was ill. His face grew very flushed, and he talked in his sleep, and his little body was so hot that it burned the rabbit when he held him close. Strange people came and went in the
1:23.8	nursery, and a light burned all night, and through it all, the little velveteen rabbit lay there, hidden from sight under the bedclothes, and he never stirred,
1:32.4	for he was afraid that if they found him, someone might take him away, and he knew that the
1:36.8	boy needed him. It was a long, weary time, for the boy was too ill to play, and the little
1:42.2	rabbit found it rather dull with nothing to do all day long.
1:45.8	But he snuggled down patiently and looked forward to the time when the boys should be well again,
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