tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post869684365571999636..comments2024-03-27T11:23:43.902+00:00Comments on Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley: Wise Words from Oscar WildeWodeWosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18381754587879658356noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-81963100621667613432015-11-20T19:10:51.343+00:002015-11-20T19:10:51.343+00:00IIRC, there are several references in Oscar's ...IIRC, there are several references in Oscar's correspondence to him having a dose and then getting better - in those days they didn't realise that it was the same dose going into a different stage and then recurring (James Boswell earlier made the same mistake). So the intractable ear infection/abscess, which at the time was put down to a blow on the head during his imprisonment, I think, may well have been a symptom of the French Disease.<br /><br />Please don't feel bad. He'd have been dead by now, anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-46315224219679654542015-11-19T19:27:34.986+00:002015-11-19T19:27:34.986+00:00Well it's generally believed it was actually m...Well it's generally believed it was actually meningitis caused by a complication from an ear infection. But either way, I feel really bad now.Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849759985107161674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-8803998688109013772015-11-19T16:18:57.645+00:002015-11-19T16:18:57.645+00:00Poor Oscar, he could have done with some antibioti...Poor Oscar, he could have done with some antibiotics, too, he died of syphilis after all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-1425373838829893402015-11-19T14:10:08.076+00:002015-11-19T14:10:08.076+00:00Na, Wilde never said that. It was Socrates, just b...Na, Wilde never said that. It was Socrates, just before he died, you know, during that unfortunate medicine bottle mix up.Steve Borthwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361597018502017407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-11858506061277969942015-11-19T07:14:52.676+00:002015-11-19T07:14:52.676+00:00Wind-up alert.Wind-up alert.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194881271051758232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-33838175192561614852015-11-19T00:13:49.619+00:002015-11-19T00:13:49.619+00:00I never realised Oscar's knees came straight o...I never realised Oscar's knees came straight out of his pelvis. I'm sure that explains a lot<br />Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17698419206075182180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-26850347226567161862015-11-18T22:58:06.036+00:002015-11-18T22:58:06.036+00:00Only until the farmers cottoned onto prophylactic ...Only until the farmers cottoned onto prophylactic doses for livestock and rendered us all immune to the wonder drugs. Becky Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085326403831579137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-15936907314595900812015-11-18T22:23:43.155+00:002015-11-18T22:23:43.155+00:00Ooo, he was prescient too. Ooo, he was prescient too. Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.com