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Ep 96 Tapeworm: We encyst you listen
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The Epilepsy of Roman Dictator Gaius Julius Caesar
It's entirely possible that tapeworms, specifically in pigs, were responsible for the span. But there were also several other parasites that could have contributed to the unclean and, i will say, unfair reputation of pigs ya. Plus, you can get tapew Worms from lots of other things, absolutely cows and fish. And not all possible symptoms of tapeworm infection were recognized as being related to the parasite.
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Speaker 2
And and the pig because it parts the hoof and is cloven footed, but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.
Speaker 1
Interesting ia, it is. And and
Speaker 2
of course, the consumption of pork is also forbidden in islam. It's entirely possible that tapeworms, specifically in pigs, were responsible for the span, but there were also several other parasites that could have contributed to the unclean and, i will say, unfair reputation of pigs
Speaker 1
ya. Plus, you can get tapeworms from lots of other things, absolutely cows and fish. And
Speaker 2
also, not all possible symptoms of tapeworm infection were recognized as being related to the parasite, such as this epilepsy that can emerge later in life as a result of neurosis, di sircosis, which was described in hippocratic texts the epilepsy, but not in relation, of course, to taperoom. We haven't gotten to do a possible retrospective diagnosis of a historical figure in a while, so i am excited to announce that a few researchers have suggested that the epilepsy that roman dictator gaius julius caesar, from 100 to forty four b c e, that began to experience when he was around 54 years old, that might be related to siste cyrcosis, nersit secosis. Who knows.
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