you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 4 points 3 months ago

Coolidge Jr got the blister playing tennis barefoot, and probably ignored it until the ensuing staph infection was well underway. People of that time (1924) who paid attention to their little injuries - wash with soap and water, hit it with some alcohol, cover it (i.e. don't keep going barefoot on it) didn't tend to die from them.

  • source
  • parent