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Anthrax, Arsenic
and Old Lace
By Sally Fallon Morell
nthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium
Bacillus anthracis. It can occur in four forms: skin,
Alungs, intestinal and injection. Symptoms begin
between one day to over two months after the infection is
contracted.
The skin form presents as a characteristic black blister. The inhalation
form presents with fever, chest pain and shortness of breath. The intestinal
form presents with diarrhea (which may contain blood), abdominal pains,
nausea and vomiting. The injection form presents with fever and an abscess
at the site of drug injection.
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