The Wonderful Land of Punt, page 1

Puntian Queen Ati,the wife of King Parahu,has a physique that suggested lymphatic disease.Such lymphatic disease is endemic in Ethiopia today.There are two causes;infection with a parasite that occludes lymphatic circulation,& a reaction to the soil itself(apparently certain abrasive volcanic soils can cause lymphedema).We will never know if Queen Ati's elephantiasis(if that IS what she suffered from)-was caused by a parasite acquired from an insect bite,or a reaction to the very soil she…

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