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Posted by Diana LB (formerly known as Baroness Diana on July 01, 1998 at 13:15:07:
In response to fevers, written by Laura W on June 30, 1998 at 12:53:46
] ] ] No antibiotics or antisepsis, good plot device.
] ] Yeah but - a bump on the head from a fall? I find myself getting skeptical and I hate when that happens! B. Diana
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] Anything which taxes the immune system can cause a fever. Recall also that without thermometers, "fever" didn't necessarily have the same technical definition as it does today. A child who suffered a bump on the head might be put to bed to rest, smothered in quilts and comforters, causing her to sweat and be restless, and thus appear to have a fever.
] Also, pardon me, but in the British peerage system, a baroness would never be known as "Baroness {Firstname}." You might find my site on titles
of interest.I
I have been properly reprimanded. Please excuse a Newbie.
- titles & reprimands Laura W 14:06:16 7/01/98 (3)
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