Flavia Gemina Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 ... did I overlook a specific name ( Pantherina would be my guess) or was the suggested action due to general mushroom ability to transmit endophytes? I'm afraid the reference to psychedelic mushrooms is more a nod to my University days at Berkeley! If you've found a Latin name, all the better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavia Gemina Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 ps: I forgot, Lucius Brassus ha ha very good ...as in " Luca , im Bruno Tattaglia" You're one of the few people to have 'got' that Lucius Brassus is a reference to Luca Brasi, despite all my 'Godfather' references... Thanks for noticing! Flavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted July 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 ps: I forgot, Lucius Brassus ha ha very good ...as in " Luca , im Bruno Tattaglia" You're one of the few people to have 'got' that Lucius Brassus is a reference to Luca Brasi, despite all my 'Godfather' references... Thanks for noticing! Flavia "You care for da scotch? pre-war?" " I no bibbo". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted July 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 this entry refers , but in Europe the Panther is uncommon-ish (though a learned physician would be able to search it out under deciduous woodland cover). http://www.erowid.org/plants/amanitas/aman...antherina.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavia Gemina Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 'Pollux!' cursed Crispus. 'He'll hunt us all down. And he'll never forgive me. He'll have that giant Lucius Brassus chop me up into tiny pieces and throw me to the fishes!' from The Pirates of Pompeii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted July 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 'Pollux!' cursed Crispus. 'He'll hunt us all down. And he'll never forgive me. He'll have that giant Lucius Brassus chop me up into tiny pieces and throw me to the fishes!'from The Pirates of Pompeii "What the hell is this ? " "Its a Sicilian message...it means.." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted July 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 A nice touch in "Sirens" , FG has Johnathon wear a sachet of ephedra around his neck (as a bronchiodilator) for his asthma.Amusing that this herb has become such a fashionable item (for weight loss , though sadly mis-use can cause an embolism), and is one of the most talked about cyber space herbs , (particularly in N America). It is also known as Ma Huang in Chinese medicine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 A nice touch in "Sirens" , FG has Johnathon wear a sachet of ephedra around his neck (as a bronchiodilator) for his asthma.Amusing that this herb has become such a fashionable item (for weight loss , though sadly mis-use can cause an embolism), and is one of the most talked about cyber space herbs , (particularly in N America). It is also known as Ma Huang in Chinese medicine. Strictly speaking, the risk with ephedra is not embolism but brain hemorrhage (bleeding because of a huge increase of the blood pressure); the opposite in the organ, but almost the same for the patient (a stroke). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted July 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 A nice touch in "Sirens" , FG has Johnathon wear a sachet of ephedra around his neck (as a bronchiodilator) for his asthma.Amusing that this herb has become such a fashionable item (for weight loss , though sadly mis-use can cause an embolism), and is one of the most talked about cyber space herbs , (particularly in N America). It is also known as Ma Huang in Chinese medicine. Strictly speaking, the risk with ephedra is not embolism but brain hemorrhage (bleeding because of a huge increase of the blood pressure); the opposite in the organ, but almost the same for the patient (a stroke). Yes. that was rather lazy of me, the correction is timely. I didn't like to go too far into the contemporary use of pseudo-ephadrine in crystal meth, in case some more impressionable Forum members started to cause major pyrotechnic detonations in their homes or colleges. http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h...ficial%26sa%3DX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted July 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 I am beholden to Lost Warrior for this little gem: "Hail skilled Asklepios, divine physician! What blessing is better than health? In gratitude to You I offer this. Hail heroic Asklepios, Coronis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 I know, I love that one. It was written by Warhorse and originally posted on The Cauldron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted September 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 I am working up a review of "Justinian's Flea" http://www.amazon.co.uk/Justinians-Flea-Pl...2724&sr=8-1 which is a "scene setter" for the Late Empire not just a disease oriented text,( though the medical part of the work is rivetting). I have blogged here: http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?automo...;blogid=19& because I think the argument developed in this text informs several major outbreaks of "plague" within the reach of Attic to Justinian outbreaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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