Re: [GO] Illness and injury as plot devices

Shereen said... Anyone got any thoughts about the scarlet fever epidemic in Masha? I can't comment on that one, I'm afraid, as I've never read the book. From the brief description you provide, it sounds like a combination of help! What happens next? and something that hadn't occurred to me: an

Re: [GO] re Go Mrs Marlow miss Ginty etc

Marguerite said... I seem to remember that Germany actually made it official that Frau could be used by any adult woman,I don't know if since then [in the 1970s] it has replaced Fraulein . Any one from Germany on the list.AFAIK there is no equivalent to Ms in Germany or France. When I was

Re: [GO] GO Mumps etc.

Debra wondered... Also I was wondering about TB - before antibiotics did people recover spontaneously, or did the people thought to be threatened who didn't actually die not really have consumption in the first place. Yes, I believe some people did recover, due simply to their own body's