A nasty bug, an effective (but yucky) cure

October 26, 2008 By Josephine Marcotty

Dr. Johannes Aas was stumped. The patient in his Duluth, Minn., clinic was not responding to antibiotics, and now the stubborn infection in his intestines threatened to kill him. Then Aas found a similar case written up in a 1950s Norwegian medical journal.



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  • syhprum - Oct 26, 2008
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    I understand this treatment has been used by Vet's on horses for many years and it is quite likely it was used on A Hitler by his doctor although he would have had to very careful not to reveal what he was actualy administrating
  • jeffsaunders - Oct 27, 2008
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    I know someone who has recently had bowl cancer and is still having health problems and cannot seem to get better.

    This sure sounds like a potential cure for the gastro problems.

    Go and eat sh$$ might have different connotations after all.
  • lugdunum - Oct 27, 2008
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    It's what elephants do. To kick-start their gastric flora, they eat their parents dung.

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