Rasputin's Inheritance to the Czar

If you are disinclined to believe a religious explanation, what you might say is that rasputin showed up and allowed the tsarevitch's body to heal itself. Rasputon did provide a kind of faith that allowed alexey's body to accomplish the work it needed to accomplish. There is also some evidence that he intervened to prevent the administration of aspirnt as a pain reliever,. which thinns the blood and was doing far more harm than good. But whatever the explicit mix of factors, nicholas and especially alexandra became convinced rasput in could relieve their little sons misery, and thus their own misery. Even a sceptic like ol