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Cancer, and Wolf.
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“People called cancer the wolf, because it ‘ate up’ the person.” But this wasn’t just a linguistic quirk. The idea was actually translated into practice. “Some doctors would even apply raw meat to a cancerous ulcer, so that the wolf could feast on that for a while instead of ‘eating’ the patient.
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Oof, Wolf’s a rough way to go
https://youtu.be/QlbjBSN49H8 TW: leads to more questions than answers
