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ITWAS
DYSENTERYTHAT
TOOKTHE
SOUL
OF CI
XI
The famous
Queen
Mother Ci Xi
of
the Qing
Dynasty
of China
not
only
managed
to
rule China in her own way
but also achieved extreme
extrava-
gance, e.g.
100
dishes was required for
her
normal meal.When she
reached
her
73rd
birthday, the feast
could
not
be
paralleled
by
any other
royal feasts.
Unfortunately,
a
number of
the
invited
guests had stomach upset after
the
feast. Ci Xi herself had diarrhoea that
persisted
for
one whole
week. The
physicians
to
the
Queen
Mother
employed increasing doses of opium
in order to stop the diarrhoea but
not
only the dianhoea did
not
stop
but
also
the
condition got
worse
-
after
another
week, she
felt
very dizzy
and weak.
Before long, her soul lett
her.
Dysen-
tery
is a
bacterial infection derived from
food or
water.
Symptoms are sudden
onset of
high
fevel
profuse diarrhoea,
with blood and
mucus.
Stomach
ache
is
intense. Coldness
of
limbs is soon
followed
by
extreme exhaustion, con-
fusion, convulsion and, finally, death.
Those who are elderly,
physically
over-exhausted
or
who take very heavy
meals are prone.
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