Prescription For A Pope

by SKermitgorf

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Pope Felix VIII had fallen ill. His physicians were clueless as to his ailment.

They used leeches and bled him and drained him of all liquids.

He cried out in pain all night, ” O, the pain, give me something for the pain. I’m not ready to die. Please spare me.”

The doctors drilled holes in his head. Covered his body in oils, skunk blood and even more leeches. Nothing was working. He remained ill. (Worse even).

They put him in a sweat box. Poured cold water over him.
The Popes symptoms worsened. Now he had throat pain, couldn’t swallow any of the pills and concoctions they gave him to drink, such as snake venom, mongoose urine and gator juice. He couldn’t get those down ( fortunately).

Ten days after administering the latest medical science techniques at their disposal, Pope Felix VIII went home to His Lord.
By then he was begging for death.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

  1. Prescription For A Pope

    Blusparrow's Buddy Icon Blusparrow

    Posted 6 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    It is crazy the things they did in the past. As much as I want to be in the past to see our country become free, but the way they cured sicknesses is horrible. I guess they didn’t know any better. Very good description.
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  2. Prescription For A Pope

    Ben Paddon's Buddy Icon Ben Paddon

    Posted 6 months ago

    Very well written. Quite descriptive without really describing anything. The real question is, mas Medical Science really moved on that much?

  3. Prescription For A Pope

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 6 months ago

    I like to think we’ve improved. Nice job on all the futile concoctions. I always wonder what benefit they saw or thought they saw that prompted them to keep doing some of those things. I mean, someone had to have gotten at least a little better or why keep doing that stuff?
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  4. Prescription For A Pope

    BernerOberland's Buddy Icon BernerOberland

    Posted 6 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I think they killed him.

  5. Prescription For A Pope

    BernerOberland's Buddy Icon BernerOberland

    Posted 6 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I think they killed him.

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