[HN Gopher] Real-Life Vampire Autopsies of the Victorian Era
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       Real-Life Vampire Autopsies of the Victorian Era
        
       Author : onychomys
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2022-10-17 17:55 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | rurban wrote:
       | Not much difference from treating modern day vampirism, long
       | covid. In Germany you won't get long covid treatment because some
       | neurologist stated ("proved" scientifically) that it is
       | psychosomatic. Hence studies to accept existing treatments are
       | not ordered, healthcare providers are fine with ordering
       | psychotherapy and refusing to pay for blood washing and
       | medication.
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       | The scientific process must be followed.
        
       | at_a_remove wrote:
       | This topic was covered extensively in _Vampires, Burial, and
       | Death_ , which is now on at least its second edition.
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       | Rather similarly, _Isle of the Dead_ (1945) concerned the plague
       | and local superstition about the  "vorvolaka," another vaguely
       | vampish permutation.
        
       | twobitshifter wrote:
       | Just finished reading the book Mountains Beyond Mountains. A
       | piece talks about how in Haiti 75% of voodoo ceremonies are about
       | trying to heal diseases, mostly TB. That Rhode Island came up
       | with vampires to explain tb, isn't all too different.
        
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