Comments on: INFECTION MAYBE FATAL (Oct, 1934)

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:09:12 +0000

The very first patient I ever cared for as a student nurse was a woman in her 90′s who’d been a nurse during the Great War. Her father had died in the early part of the century from septicemia–he’d gotten a cut on his big toe. The resultant infection took two weeks to kill him.

With the prevalence of MRSA and drug-resistant strains of other bugs, it won’t be long before we’re back to using honey on wounds and maggots on a regular basis, not just for wound debridement.

By: Palms Hotel

Palms Hotel — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:18:12 +0000

Abraham Lincoln’s son Todd died of a carbuncle (boil). Lincoln never got over the loss and today they would just put some neosporin or polysporin on it and the kid would grow up and forget all about it.

By: Firebrand38

Firebrand38 — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:17:22 +0000

True, I was speaking of diseases in general. You are correct Blurgle that there is no vaccination for Staphylococcus aureus.

By: Blurgle

Blurgle — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:24:05 +0000

Although I agree with you on the vaccine point, I don’t believe there is a vaccine against S. aureus.

By: Firebrand38

Firebrand38 — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:05:31 +0000

That and ignorant parents not vaccinating their kids.

By: Paul C.

Paul C. — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:23:32 +0000

With mrsa and some of the other things going around now, it may become a possibility again.

By: Blurgle

Blurgle — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:45:56 +0000

It was. Calvin Coolidge’s son developed a small blister on his foot from playing tennis. A week later he was dead of septicemia.

By: Neil Russell

Neil Russell — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:30:14 +0000

Amputation right there could be pretty serious!