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Richard Ritenbaugh's avatar

Gruesome but realistic. Not only was the medical practice primitive at the time, the forest and wet conditions made it all the worse. Very good exposition. Thanks!

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Ben Woestenburg's avatar

Thanks for that!

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R. H. Snow's avatar

Oh I am excited to read this - always interesting to see historic medical action!!

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Ben Woestenburg's avatar

Well, I'm no doctor, but I'm pretty sure I would've killed one of them, if not both. Thank God it's fiction!

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