wasnt it just a year or so ago that they discovered the “evil” king Richard had a very painful case of intestinal parasites for most of his life and may have been a factor in why he was a miserable SOB?
And it’s just one location.
So, good information to collect and others will build on it, but no conclusions, yet. Although it’s fun to speculate.
I was stationed in Italy’s Poe Valley in the mid 80s. We rented an old farmhouse outside a small village. There were cornfields on two sides. After about a year of living there (wife and 3 kiddos) the septic needed pumping. It was after the harvest as I recall because there were no standing stalks.
So they pumped the septic and sprayed it on the cornfields. -Toilet paper and all.
The locals called it feed corn, but l didn’t know why until then.
Most parasites are extremely species specific. Cat tape worms won’t live in a person, at least not for long. People catch pinworms from other people, not dogs.
It’s confusing because many worms have the same common names - there are “roundworms” in puppies, and kittens, and horses for example, but they are different species and a dog roundworm cannot infect a horse and vice versa.
Doctors find it easier to blame the dog instead of the parents or other kids when a kid has pin worms, but the dog is innocent.
I don’t know the terminology in Italian; but in the USA “feed corn” is a matter of variety – it’ll be a variety grown to be fed to livestock. While field corn’s edible by humans in the sense of not being poisonous, it’s going to be tough and not sweet, not much like the “sweet corn” which has been bred for tenderness and sweetness and to be eaten unripe. There are also assorted flour corns, which are bred to produce particular textures and flavor when ground.
Nothing to do with the fertilizer; though I wouldn’t dump human manure on sweet corn while it’s growing, though I doubt it would hurt you unless it actually got on the ears. And I’d be careful what was put down the toilet – some people put a lot of shit down there that’s not shit.
This was my understanding at the time. We weren’t really hungry enough to try it.
Can Human waste be used as a fertilizer?
https://www.microfarmguide.com/human-waste-fertilizer?
Says compost at least 6 months for safety if I read that correctly.
After reading the link, I might cut back on the Korean sweet and sour.
I should add that human waste was used for hundreds of years on crops and we’re still here.
Not my 1st choice though…
This is why they always tell you, if you happen to go down to the local market to pick up a package of ground medieval monk, it’s important to cook it really good before serving. You don’t want bad monkburgers to ruin the whole picnic.
Yes, roundworm eggs were discovered in the ground under the pelvis of Richard III’s skeleton, which was found in 2012.
As to whether he was evil and miserable, that’s debatable. Here’s 1 of many pro-Richard sites:
“King Richard III is undoubtedly England’s most maligned king. His name was most skilfully and comprehensively blackened by Tudor propagandists including both Thomas More and William Shakespeare… and no doubt on the order of Henry VII.”
King Richard III: England's Most Maligned Monarch.
Josephine Tey’s novel The Daughter of Time, ranked high in lists of Golden Age mysteries, also argues against the negative view of Richard.
I always cringe a bit when I read % of those small samples …
Any mathematician worth its salt would probably phrase that (based on sample size):
30-80% of friars in the sample had worms but only 10-50% of the general population
putting those 58% up leads people to think … it is 58% - which it might be or might not be
The study grant was awfully small.