Minerva
BMJ 2003; 326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.326.7398.1096 (Published 15 May 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;326:1096All rapid responses
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A woman in her early 50s asked for advice etc etc.
Well while "The expert BMJ reader" and/or Minerva are jesting a bit,
maybe I may add some facts not only meant for jesting.
Camels do have "bumps" ,
camels are particularly found of the milkthistle plant [see:Medical Plants of the Holy Land part 2 ,page 191 by he late Prof.D.Palevitch z.l. and by Prof. Zohara Yaniv]
AND
Wild Camel Survives on Salt Water in Harsh Desert Climes
[National Geographic News]
Maybe,.........maybe , Emma Mitchell had a better holistic insight then Minerva is aware of.
From a BMJ reader with 20 years of practice in complementary medicine.
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There is a school of thought amongst movement disorder specialists
that Adolf Hitler had evidence of Parkinson's Disease. The signatures
perhaps provide the best evidence. Whether this accounts for any of his
activities in later life remains entirely unproven. See:
http://www.parkinson.org/hitlerspd.htm#p1
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Hitler's illness
Minerva has asked (p. 1096, 17 May 2003 '... what
Hitler was suffering from.'? -- try post-encephalitic Parkinsonism --
mental changes, oculogyric crises, arm posture etc!
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