Ep 80 Dysentery loves a disaster

This Podcast Will Kill You

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Health & Fitness, Science

4.8 • 17.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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While many of us know how deadly dysentery can be from playing countless hours of The Oregon Trail, there’s only so much that the classic game covered regarding this multifaceted disease. For instance, did you know that it can be caused by multiple pathogenic microbes? Or that it is and always has been closely associated with warfare and armies? Or that it remains one of the leading causes of death globally for children under five? In this episode all about dysentery, we pick up where The Oregon Trail left off. Tune in to hear facts about ancient toilets and a list of famous people killed by the disease and to learn how dysentery isn’t just about diarrhea and how the “bloody flux” lives up to its (horrible) colorful name. 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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0:41.6	I was called on to visit the major about the middle of May.
0:45.1	He was lying in bed and looked pale and emaciated. His eyes were sunk, his cheeks hollow,
0:50.8	and his countenance dejected. He told me he was in violent pain, which could not be
0:56.4	palliated without taking two or three grams of opium every three or four hours.
1:01.6	His bowels were obstinately costive, and he was obliged to take some pergative medicine every day.
1:08.1	Food was loathsome to him, and he had profuse perspiration for which he was taking wine and bark.
1:15.2	I endeavored to restore his appetite, by lessening the quantity of opium,
1:19.3	and substituting the tincture of hops as much as possible.
1:22.3	His appetite was frequently coaxed by some delicacy, and the sweet oil was frequently alternated
1:28.4	by Magnesia and Rubarb. This treatment was regularly pursued until the last of June,
1:34.0	and although he suffered much pain during that time, he was evidently much better,
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