"Sacha" wrote in message
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wrote on 5/4/03 8:39 am:

You need to leave it in a heap somewhere so that it can rot down a bit.
Unrotted chicken manure can scorch roots. What you *can* do with it now
is
dilute it well in buckets of water and then use it on your veg. patch and
flowers. A year after we moved our chicken run, we planted potatoes in
that
area and had a fabulous crop!
--
Sacha

A very good point, chicken manure is very strong! Farmers usually leave it
to stand for at least 6 months before spreading it, and then sparingly, so
as not to burn the grass. Although the green leaves are scorched, the plants
are not usually killed and will recover. (So says me, who armed with a
Massey Ferguson and a Howard Rotaspreader turned approx 3 acres of grassland
a nice shade of brown in an afternoon! Well, I was young, thats my excuse
anyway ) I believe it is a very good source of nitrogen, hence the use on
the farm, to save at least 1 application of artificial fertilizer.
Anthony

Interesting. I always thought from my history lessons that cholera takes no
account of social or economic backgrounds. The "proof" for this was that in
the last great epidemics in London, both poor and wealthy areas were equally
affected or spared, the differenciator being where their water supply (and
therefore infection or not) came from.

Paul DS.

In article ,
"Paul D.Smith" writes:
| Interesting. I always thought from my history lessons that cholera takes no
| account of social or economic backgrounds. The "proof" for this was that in
| the last great epidemics in London, both poor and wealthy areas were equally
| affected or spared, the differenciator being where their water supply (and
| therefore infection or not) came from.

As with much of what we were taught, that is a simplistic analysis.
The reason that there has been traditionally little difference in
many health issues is often due to the fact that the ignorance was
universal. So, when you move to societies where the problems are
economic, the same uniformity may not apply.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Paul D.Smith" wrote in message
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Interesting. I always thought from my history lessons that cholera takes
no
account of social or economic backgrounds. The "proof" for this was that
in
the last great epidemics in London, both poor and wealthy areas were
equally
affected or spared, the differenciator being where their water supply (and
therefore infection or not) came from.

Quite. But the cholera has to be put into the water supply before it can
come out.

Mary

Paul DS.

Paul D.Smith wrote in message
...
Interesting. I always thought from my history lessons that cholera
takes no
account of social or economic backgrounds. The "proof" for this was
that in
the last great epidemics in London, both poor and wealthy areas were
equally
affected or spared, the differenciator being where their water supply
(and
therefore infection or not) came from.

Current treatment of Cholera seems mainly to be replacement of the fluid
loss, which is what kills. The disease is easily shrugged off if you do
not get dehydrated. So yes, it would attack everywhere, and at that time
there would be no replacement that was not itself contaminated with the
disease. The 'magic mixture' is nothing more that water with salt and
glucose added. often given as an IV drip in hospitals, but can easily be
made from your kitchen should you ever need to treat someone.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk

In article , Michael Berridge
writes


Current treatment of Cholera seems mainly to be replacement of the fluid
loss, which is what kills. The disease is easily shrugged off if you do
not get dehydrated. So yes, it would attack everywhere, and at that time
there would be no replacement that was not itself contaminated with the
disease. The 'magic mixture' is nothing more that water with salt and
glucose added. often given as an IV drip in hospitals, but can easily be
made from your kitchen should you ever need to treat someone.


Very useful for bad tummy bug with diarrhoea. Someone correct me if I'm
wrong, but ISTR glass of water with 1 teaspoon of sugar and 1/4 teaspoon
of salt.

--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

In article ,
Kay Easton wrote:
In article , Michael Berridge
writes

Current treatment of Cholera seems mainly to be replacement of the fluid
loss, which is what kills. The disease is easily shrugged off if you do
not get dehydrated. So yes, it would attack everywhere, and at that time
there would be no replacement that was not itself contaminated with the
disease. The 'magic mixture' is nothing more that water with salt and
glucose added. often given as an IV drip in hospitals, but can easily be
made from your kitchen should you ever need to treat someone.

Very useful for bad tummy bug with diarrhoea. Someone correct me if I'm
wrong, but ISTR glass of water with 1 teaspoon of sugar and 1/4 teaspoon
of salt.

For a short period. You can cause yourself quite serious trouble by
replacing only water and sodium if you have a serious bout of that
sort of thing. But I do mean serious. A better solution (groan) is
to use one of the fancy sports drinks, which contain something closer
to an appropriate balance of sodium, potassium etc. Such as the
Japanses drink, Pocari Sweat.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

in article , Nick Maclaren at
wrote on 7/4/03 9:32 pm:

In article ,
Kay Easton wrote:
In article , Michael Berridge
writes

Current treatment of Cholera seems mainly to be replacement of the fluid
loss, which is what kills. The disease is easily shrugged off if you do
not get dehydrated. So yes, it would attack everywhere, and at that time
there would be no replacement that was not itself contaminated with the
disease. The 'magic mixture' is nothing more that water with salt and
glucose added. often given as an IV drip in hospitals, but can easily be
made from your kitchen should you ever need to treat someone.

Very useful for bad tummy bug with diarrhoea. Someone correct me if I'm
wrong, but ISTR glass of water with 1 teaspoon of sugar and 1/4 teaspoon
of salt.

For a short period. You can cause yourself quite serious trouble by
replacing only water and sodium if you have a serious bout of that
sort of thing. But I do mean serious. A better solution (groan) is
to use one of the fancy sports drinks, which contain something closer
to an appropriate balance of sodium, potassium etc. Such as the
Japanses drink, Pocari Sweat.

Dioralyte. We've all had the gastric 'flu barring two of us. Dioralyte
gets the balance right again after such an affliction, too much sun or a bad
hangover!
--
Sacha