The Inkspiller

@urwen-starial

For whatever reason, commenting on your notification does not post a reply in our discussion, so here’s what I said in response about 4 hours ago :P.

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It depends on the amount consumed in a given sitting. Research suggests that weekend benders do more damage to the body both immediately and over time compared to drinking…[Read more]

@urwen-starial, sorry for falling under a rock, I’ve been having a rough time of it spiritually and mentally as of late. Not because of external circumstances so far as I can tell – my brain’s just a hot mess. But it’ll help focus me to answer your question, so I’ll do so as comprehensively as I can.

So, ethanol (that is, drinking alcohol) is a…[Read more]

@Naiya-dyani So, fortunately for your character, caring for ribs is pretty simple:

Don’t do anything.

No, really.

Don’t exert yourself over much, but keep breathing deeply (to prevent pneumonia from liquid pooling in unexpanded pockets of your lungs), and avoid wrapping your torso too tightly. Otherwise, the body is actually really good about…[Read more]

@naiya-dyani

Apologies for the delayed response!

Thirty feet sounds like a pretty darn tall cottage. Sounds more like the height of a townhouse. A cottage – like the medieval idea of one – would probably be about 10 feet at its peak (and probably more like 6-8 feet of ceiling height).

Regardless, people have suffered similar injuries (or worse)…[Read more]

@anne_the_noob14

Lol! Medicine’s a messy business and a field prone to the inflation of one’s head. I hope I haven’t come across as pedantic in my answers, but I surmise I’ve been useful. Also, if you desire beta-readers or critiquers for other parts of your story, lemme know. I quite enjoyed what I’ve read so far and would be delighted to read more!

@Deeprun, I completely forgot to offer my beta-reading / critique services. Hit me up with that link, I’d love to read and help out.

@anne_the_noob14

Technically, the elbow is a joint, not a bone. You more than likely chipped either your ulna or radius in the fall. For practical purposes though, “I chipped my elbow” paints a clearer picture for your average lay person than a “micro-fracture of the olecranon process of my ulna” or whichever part of your bone you broke. 🙂

@anne_the_noob14 Indeed, I am Jonathan, one of many. 🙂

It is possible to set your own arm and make a sling one-handed; setting your arm depends on your tolerance for pain (it’s similar to setting a dislocated joint, with added potential damage to your squishy inner tissues), your knowledge of anatomy, and most importantly, the kind of fracture.…[Read more]

@pensword, @phoenix, @sam-m, So there’s an entire website devoted to H.P. Lovecraft; since most if not all his works are old enough to be in the public domain, his stuff is available for free reading. He is kind of the progenitor of cosmic horror, so if you’re into writing about terrors which transcend human comprehension and absolutely dwarf our…[Read more]

@urwen-starial Thank you! I’m glad that you liked it even outside your normal genre, and I eagerly await your analysis in the second reading!

As for the church, yes, it’s Catholic, more or less. Things are a bit nutty at this time in Bohemia, and I need to do more research on the year-by-year timeline and locations to make sure the right areas…[Read more]

@naiya-dyani There are plenty of poisonous plants with toxins which affect the heart, some more swiftly than others. Wolfsbane, Doll’s Eyes, and Belladonna all produce substances which attack the heart in one way or another, and death of any heart muscle will cause shooting chest pain (angina) in the event of inducing cardiac arrest.

Wolf’s bane…[Read more]

@urwen-starial, @deeprun Gladly! I know exactly what you mean – there’s a certain cathartic fascination that comes with understanding revolting things (like the human body inside out).

I love studying the medieval world, so I’m happy to continue being an Encyclopedia pro bono – that said, I might take you up on them character sketches….

Here’s…[Read more]

@anne_the_noob14 Sure! Give me a link and I’ll give it a read. I likely won’t be able to get to it tonight – I’m going to be on clinical rotations from 1 – 9 EST and I’ve little idea what to expect from the day. But send the link to your stuff, and if you don’t hear anything back from me, tag me tonight or tomorrow and bugger me until I get back…[Read more]

@urwen-starial So, I’m no expert on wounds inflicted by lycanthropes (lol), but I can say a little bit about animal bites and scratches.

Symptoms of local infection will be initially indistinguishable from the usual immune reaction to an open wound for the first twenty four hours. The thing about animal attacks is that animals are already quite…[Read more]

@anne_the_noob14, @Deeprun

Glad to help! Hit me up with questions any time, both of you!

DOGGONIT THE WEBSITE DELETED IT AGAIN AFTER I PRESSED SUBMIT. OKAY.

HERE WE GO AGAIN.

TAKE 2.

From the top:

1)      You might live for a week or two at most. Feasting on your oxygen rich blood and spreading to all your vital organs – death is almost…[Read more]

@naiya-dyani

Realized I glossed over your poison question and thought I might give it a brief whirl. Long-term effects depend on the nature of the poison. Neurotoxins (like say, the venom of many snakes and spiders) which attack the nervous system may lead to rheumatism, loss of sensation, weakness, and even permanent paralysis around the site of…[Read more]

@anne_the_noob14

DOGGON IT I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED MY PREVIOUS ANSWER, HERE WE GO AGAIN.

So as a nursing student and an amateur scholar of medieval history, I can speak a little into this. The appearance of the wound depends on the stage of infection and what caused the wound in the first place: [Laceration (a cut)? Puncture? Burn? Pressure…[Read more]