• ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    There’s a whole study in a medical journal trying to figure out what disease Tiny Tim had in A Christmas Carol that

    1. crippled him, but only in one leg;
    2. would kill him over the course of a single year;
    3. could be healed with 19th century medicine if a sufferer had access to enough money.

    The smart money is apparently on either rickets or distal renal tubular acidosis, the treatment for both basically being oranges and beach vacations (two things a rich guy could provide).

    • DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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      9 hours ago

      iirc Glenn Close had to die of poisoning in “Hamlet.” She did her research and decided that she was being killed by strychnine