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What, do we have leprosy or something?

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ButMadNNW:

--- Quote from: pathele on March 29, 2007, 07:08:35 PM ---FYI
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/permnature_exhib.htm#animals
Lions of Tsavo is a permanent exhibit at the Fields Museum.
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Thanks! ;D If I ever make it back to Chicago, I know what's on my To Do list.

Darla:

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What, do we have leprosy or something?
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Vastly OT, but the book I'm currently reading suggests that what used to be called "leprosy" was actually syphilis.  Puts a whole new slant on the thread here. 

Fineous:
What book is that?  That makes no sense at all.  The symptoms are totally different.  Syphilis eventually drives you insane.  Leprosy kills off the nerves and eventually causes necrosis as little injuries add up and don't heal correctly, and causes parts of you to rot and have to be removed.  Not sure I see the connection there.

Darla:
Yeah, that's what I thought.  ::)  It was Disease and History.  I think maybe they meant that sometimes one was mistaken for the other? 

It was just odd that I saw this thread immediately after I'd read that, so I had to share. 

Kayleefan:
Yes, I vote for a Chicago appearance.
After all, it's Harry's hometown.   ;D

(By the way, the new book is awesome!)

Scott

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