Ep 16 Scratch and Sniff Diphtheria Membrane

This Podcast Will Kill You

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Health & Fitness, Science

4.8 • 17.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This episode is so good that we’re putting it out a full day early. Pour yourself a quarantini and cozy up with us as we tell you a story of a bacterium that slowly strangles children to death, a scientific quest that helped shape the understanding of infectious diseases, and a great dog sled race across wild and frozen lands to stop death in its tracks. The main character of this story is, you guessed it, Diphtheria. This dreaded disease still lingers, infecting children throughout the world today with its stinking pseudomembrane. But don't worry, it's not all bad news... we have a vaccine. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	In the aftermath of a shocking crime, people always ask, why?
0:03.9	Why would someone do something like that?
0:05.9	I'm Candace DeLong, host of the podcast Killer Psychie,
0:09.3	where every week I explain the thoughts, motivations,
0:12.3	and behaviors of the most violent figures in history.
0:15.5	Listen to Killer Psychie on Amazon Music,
0:18.0	or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:20.8	The disease began in various ways,
0:23.3	but commonly with chills and heats,
0:25.7	pressure and pain in the head,
0:27.4	soreness of throat and hoarseness.
0:29.7	Some cough, sickness of the stomach, frequent vomiting and purging.
0:35.5	These symptoms occurred more frequently in children
0:38.0	and were then very severe.
0:40.0	In adults, they were less emphatically expressed.
0:43.0	Commonly, on the uvila, tonsils, vellum platinum,
0:47.2	and back part of the pharynx,
0:49.5	several whitish or ash colored spots appeared scattered up and down,
0:53.4	which oftentimes increased very fast,
0:56.0	soon covering one or both of the tonsils.
0:59.0	These eventually proved to be the sluffs of superficial ulcers.
1:03.7	The tongue at this time, though only white and moist at the top,
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