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@the-inkspiller  YOU ARE AMAZING AND ARE MY FAVORITE PERSON RIGHT NOW THANK YOU SO MUCH and I have deleted long posts before on accident and it’s awful I’m so sorry XD

Ok so I’m not even kidding when I say that what I just read was a heck ton more useful and extensive than what Google gave me thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!! No, that was not too long, and yes, incredibly helpful!

Questions: How long after the infection reaches the bloodstream will you die if left untreated? Will amputating (in my character’s case, the arm) do any good, if done before the infection gets up further than the arm? You mention mandrake root for anesthetic… what extent of pain does that keep you from feeling? Shallow knife cut? Broken bone? Just a bruise? The pus in the bloodstream… does it block bloodflow? And can it be kinda stringy-ish? So like, could someone (conjuring up a bit of a gory image here, my bad) conceivably pull it out of some of the larger veins? Can you give me an example of something that would result in a crush cut?

Also, here’s what happened to my character. I’ll have a couple follow-up questions…

Scenario: Character has broken arm. Uses a poultice on it (meant to dull a bit of the pain) and is allergic to some of the herbs used. The reaction she has to them is her skin kinda being eaten away (think like acid-ish) in a small spot (about two by two inches) and resulting in an open wound that’s not much worse than the skin scraped off in the spot. Then that gets infected. On top of her broken arm.

How much pain is she in? How clearly should she be thinking? What is the best thing that a healer can do for her at this point/ can she be saved / is it worth trying to save her if there’s a slight possibility? (The setting of my story is medieval-ish, and this particular healer has a very limited use of magic. It’s complicated, so let’s just assume no magic, but plenty of herbs and things available.)

I think I had a couple more questions but I forgot them lol. I’ll remember later. But thank you again!! 😀 😀 😀

@deeprun Yup, they used to use arsenic lol. Kinda counterproductive if you ask me XD