Alexander the Great ‘was ALIVE while his body was prepared for burial’

www.thesun.co.uk ^ | 29th January 2019, 11:45 am Updated: 29th January 2019, 3:19 pm | By Harry Pettit, Senior Digital Technology and Science Reporter

[morphing libertarian]

that’s why he was great

[treetopsandroofs]

All this just to support Justice Scalia’s phone-in autopsy?

[pnut22]

Sounds sort of like A.L.S. but very fast acting.

[treetopsandroofs]

Apparently the Bronte sisters liked the water.

[Red Badger]

Before the advent of modern municipal water systems, BEER was the most common drink in America, because the water would kill you..............

[montag813]

WHY ISN’T THIS IN BREAKING NEWS???

[Red Badger]

Because it’s 2300 years old?....................

[Bonemaker]

“...12 pints in one night, followed by 12 MORE pints the next day; would be considered severely alcoholic today...”

Stew bums die like that everyday in our wonderful big cities.

[rdl6989]

Thanks for posting that interesting article.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome is not the only auto-immune disease on Earth. There are a great many. Though Alexander did dabble in gay sex, it is said.

[Billthedrill]

Certainly there are autoimmune diseases capable of this that strike in adulthood - neuromyelitis optica for one. I have a good friend who woke up paralyzed one horrifying morning and thank God her husband called 911 in time. Whether Big Al was a sufferer was, of course, beyond the medical science of the time to determine.

No Greek of the time would have drunk himself to death with that amount of wine - they watered theirs. But the Macedonians drank it straight, so maybe.

[myerson]

Well, old Alexander is dead now!

[SunkenCiv]

Interesting!

[nikos1121]

Sounds like botulism

[Red Badger]

Quite possibly....................

[nikos1121]

Guillain-Barré Syndrome, I agree would be another possibility, but it would not come on that quickly.

[Flick Lives]

At the time, doctors didn't use your pulse to check if you were still alive, instead looking for signs you were still breathing.

Rubbish. Ancient Chinese doctors not only checked a patient's pulse, they diagnosed underlying illness based on the quality of the pulse.

[Red Badger]

Well, this was in Persia, ...............

[bert]

but...... wine was more healthy than water

[SunkenCiv]

Remarkable -- an estimated 42,000 cases in the US each year, but about 14 MILLION in the EU (populations 350 million vs 513 million).