History's Odds and Ends
Both the good and the bad.
Such a sweet couple parasite couple! Wait.. what’s in that dish?!
"Don't let a Cercaria* make a meal out of your liver!
*Cercaria the parasite that causes Snail Fever
Snail Fever (Schistosomiasis) is dangerous
Don't wad or bathe in unsafe water
Don't drink unpurified water
Don't wash vehicles in unsafe water"
Credit: War Department, Government Printing Office of the USA Government
“This dog, like many others has been used on the battle fields of France, in locating wounded and bringing stretchers to carry to the soldiers in.” – Caption
Source. Photograph by Randolph, American Red Cross. Credit to the National Archives and Records Administration, public domain.
These are patients at the Saki Sanatorium in Yevpatoria, Russia, taking mud baths. Mud therapy has been around for centuries, and even animals do something similar, called wallowing.
The text on the photo is as follows:
“Саки.
Больныя въ
грязевыхъ
Ваннахъ.”
Translated from Russian to English – “Saki. Patients in mud baths.”
Source: “Mud baths at Saki” (1920s) by an unknown photographer. Credit: National Library of Medicine, public domain.
