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[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 252 points 5 days ago

I mean for dealing with worm parasites in the field, given limited supplies and (I'm assuming) this being a pretty old manual, this isn't too bad.

Basically instructions for forcing out the entire contents of your stomach or using something that is probably handy to kill them before they do too much damage to you.

[-] stiffyGlitch@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

a handy mushroom called the "death cap" mushroom works particularly well too.

[-] Megamanexent@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago

A little too well

[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 150 points 5 days ago

Calling out the cigarettes but ignoring the next line about kerosene.

[-] PillBugTheGreat@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

If you did them the other way, kerosene then cigs, well that would burn the parasite out, sure, but the host... well, it might hurt a little.

[-] iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

You can drop a lit cigarette in kerosene and it will just put the cigarette out. You can also so that with diesel. You cannot, however, do that with gasoline.

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[-] MTZ@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

The American way.

[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 61 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

"two tablespoons of kerosene a day helps the ~~medicine~~cigarettes go down."

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago

"Ah yes I see the problem. The cigarettes have to be unlit. We'll mention it in the next edition. "

[-] Rooster326@programming.dev 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You CAN??? repeat this treatment in 24-48 hours.

[-] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

You can have a little kerosene, as a treat

[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 days ago

in fact the only treatment you can't repeat is the water.

[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

And, you know, 4 tablespoons of salt

[-] TommySoda@lemmy.world 70 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I mean, nicotine is a natural pesticide made by tobacco plants. It's kinda the same with capsaicin and humans love that shit. Plus inducing vomiting could potentially get those lil' critters outta there. In a life or death situation this would probably be preferable to dying, at least.

Realistically this is probably an older manual and shouldn't be followed to the letter. You should not be eating less than 2 cigarettes a day.

No, seriously, don't eat cigarettes.

[-] gasgiant@lemmy.ml 26 points 5 days ago

Vomiting won't get them out. If when you vomit you're bringing up matter from where they live then you've got much bigger problems than just a worms infection.

[-] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Capsasian tickles on the other end when it is done.

Little bonus.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

Did you know your anus has taste receptors?

You’re welcome.

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[-] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 points 5 days ago

I just skip that whole part and boof my capcaisin.

[-] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Btw for the capsaicin thing. It's one of the going theories for why warmer places all around earth tend to traditionally eat much spicier foods than colder places. Food spoils faster in the heat, and the spice both masks the spoilt taste and can help, or is thought to help, cleanse you of parasites.

(I know spicy plants don't grow in colder places, too, but the tendency holds for colder regions that would have had access to hot plants)

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

Not rather keep the food longer edible by killing bacteria & fungus?

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[-] NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

I can smell this picture....

[-] realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 42 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Eating a cigarette isn't going to outright kill you, some worm having a happy meal in your stomach might, or at least incapacitate you enough to get killed by something - or someone.

There's lots of things in life that you shouldn't do, but can help you in an emergency. There's chlorine tablets - not exactly healthy, but can help with gut bacteria in a pinch. Cauterizing a wound is fucking painful and is not recommended by modern physicians - but it beats bleeding out or dying to an infection.

Keep in mind that those are not "DIY at home" kind of tips, but "You got shot in the middle of nowhere and you'r close to dying. You will also find similar tips in most other army handbooks.

[-] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 5 days ago

You seem to misunderstand the American healthcare system. Always act as if you're close to dying, because the insurance companies will kill you with debt.

[-] Reisen@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

idk if you meant that but electrocauterization is still a thing that's done routinely by modern physicians (and still fucking hurts). you can't close up all blood vessels easily with other methods.

[-] realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 3 points 5 days ago

Never heard of that tbh, I would expect that they just seal the wound with plaster or something lmao. I won't doubt it tho, medicine is wild.

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[-] Nvermind@sh.itjust.works 37 points 5 days ago

Beats drinking kerosene for sure

[-] Im_old@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

Drink kerosene, smoke cigarette, breath fire.

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Charizard origin story.

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[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 26 points 5 days ago

The kerosene one works.

[-] PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 7 points 4 days ago

Yeah, because it kills you. Kerosene and similar low-viscosity hydrocarbons in your stomach migrate to the lungs, causing them to collapse. Not a nice way to go.
They only found out after some kids mysteriously died upon ingesting minute amounts of lamp oil.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

One of the ways worm infestations can kill, especially kids, is when it gets so bad they start travelling up the esophagus and can block the upper air ways. In these extreme cases, in the absence of another medication at hand, a spoonful of kerosene can save a life.

My grandma saved a neighbor's 6 year old kid doing just that. The girl was later taken to the hospital and made a full recovery, but would have asphyxiated otherwise.

[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 days ago

The smoke will suffocate the toxins of the apple seeds

[-] MTZ@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

You hair is small.

[-] Defectus@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

I wonder how tobacco/nicotine pouches compares. I ingest around 100-mg of nicotine with those daily

[-] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 5 days ago

I doubt you're ingesting much of any of it, it's being absorbed directly into your bloodstream through your gums. Actually eating it would have a totally different effect on intestinal parasites.

[-] ptu@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

Thanks for the tip!

[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I spray my garden with couple of cigarettes worth of tobacco water once in a while - works great as a natural insecticide!

I also used to live next to a tobacco plantation in Thailand once and the plant itself is quite incredible - basically untouchable by disease or insects so completly hands free and the fields are really cozy.

[-] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

I'm not sure if you're trolling or not but I'm too lazy to search if you are.

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

I am sure they think that it is the tobacco that is a insecticide and not the nicotine that was added to said tobacco....

[-] jmill@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

They don't add nicotine to tobacco, tobacco plants produce nicotine. That's why people have smoked it for 100s of years.

I hadn't heard of this, but as far as insecticides go, this sounds about as benign as possible.

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

Interesting, makes me very confused on why we added nicotine to tobacco on top of what is in it already (my uncle worked on a tobacco farm as a young man and did spray the stuff). I guess they really wanted that nicotine....

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 4 days ago

No, it's an actual thing. My parents also soak tobacco in water and then use it in their garden. But I don't know if it actually does anything or not because I'm also too lazy to look it up

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago

It's also handy if you eat apple seeds

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[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Apple seeds are fine unless you're eating hundreds. Then you have a different kind of problem.

[-] CoffeeSoldier@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

Your mom is clearly dumb.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Scary italics.

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