Ebola killed more
people in 2014 than in all of its previous outbreaks combined.
One of the guests
was a Taoist nun who lived in one of the temples on Mount Emei. She showed Wang Dan how to inoculate a person
against smallpox, grinding up the scabs from a mild case of the disease and
puffing them up the person's nose.
This outbreak of flu
[1918] turned deadly, killing more people than the war itself did. It struck the young and healthy, leaving
their deceased bodies a discolored shade of blue.
In necrotizing
fasciitis, bacteria don't actually "eat" flesh. They secrete toxins
that destroy connective tissue, which begins to rot inside the body. Without surgery to remove the dead tissue,
death or the need for amputation can result.
Ebola survivors
often have pockets of virus living in their eyes or other body parts.
