sometimes i randomly remember that boy meets world had a sequel show that ran for like three years and STILL shawn and angela didn’t get back together and eric and jack didn’t get to be out and proud as the husbands they have always been. 😡 WHAT WAS IT ALL FOR THEN
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What?? Why on Earth would they bloodlet Machete when he's already anemic?
Anemia wasn't discovered until 1852, so his physicians have no idea. He's just moody and achy and visibly unwell and bloodletting happens to be the cure-for-all fix at the time.
I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say it was one of the most used treatments in western medicine from ancient Greece to 19th century (and even earlier than that in Egypt, for example). There weren't many ailments that a little bit of breathing a vein wouldn't alleviate, supposedly. This whole concept is based on humoral theory which is a fascinating cornerstone of medical history and also completely unfounded nonsense, look it up if you haven't, it's interesting. People believed that blood didn't circulate through the body, it was created, used up and then the bad blood would stagnate in the extremities. Having too much blood would disturb your humoral balance and create illnesses so removing it was beneficial to your wellbeing. Even completely healthy people would sometimes go get themselves bled a bit just to be sure.
You kind of need blood for your body to function so this treatment was completely pointless at best and life threatening at worst. If you were sick to begin with it would only weaken you further (and expose you to potential infections, which in the absence of antibiotics, wasn't great). The only viable use for it would have to be rare blood disorders where your body produces too many red blood cells, like polycythemia vera, essentially the polar opposite of anemia.
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Did a 10 pull and was like "ha this Xavier is gonna put up a fight."
...he came home. 3/10 out of that 10 pull.
Why is it i gotta fight tooth and nail to bring Rafayel home but Xavier and Zayne immediately come home no issue. Hmph.
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tagged by my beloved no.1 chappell roan stan @cordiallyfuturedwight thanks my darling <33 i can only apologise for the lack of ms roan here... i swear good luck babe has been on repeat i don't know what happened
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i'll make plenty of "pound my cervix" sexual hyperbole but the reality of things is that the cervix really doesn't take kindly to being touched. take it from me, i've bruised the thing too many times to count
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im out here tryna study the magic system of Sofia the First for fanfiction purposes and also bc i enjoy pain
i am discovering that potions in that universe are pretty much always topical
which. being that im opening this fic with a joke about how this potion is gross. but you still gotta drink it. is a PROBLEM
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sb randomly calling him ‘johanathan’ or using his full name would probably strike fear into sobieski <3
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