To: Liz
He lived and died a painful death b/c scar tissue had formed on a procedure....and back then there was nothing to help him.
Laudanum (Tincture of Opium) has been around since the 16th century.
43 posted on
01/31/2017 1:25:42 PM PST by
farming pharmer
(www.sterlingheightsreport.com)
To: akalinin
47 posted on
01/31/2017 1:29:52 PM PST by
Liz
To: akalinin
Yep. There would have been mostly (entirely) illegal and dangerous ways to ease the pain. Ways that might have led to a debilitating addiction. And certainly a poor pathetic quality of life.
It sounds like the poor guy did what he could though.
49 posted on
01/31/2017 1:34:45 PM PST by
Responsibility2nd
(It's Donald Trump's America and we're just living in it.)
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