Stephen Davis
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He didn't know what was wrong with him. He kept saying to the doctor, I feel terribly ill, find out what's wrong with me. Methanol, by the way... would be the last thing you would swallow if you wanted to kill yourself because it would be a horrendous way to die. It burns you inside, makes you blind. I found the fact that somebody quickly floated a suicide rumor very suspicious.
He didn't know what was wrong with him. He kept saying to the doctor, I feel terribly ill, find out what's wrong with me. Methanol, by the way... would be the last thing you would swallow if you wanted to kill yourself because it would be a horrendous way to die. It burns you inside, makes you blind. I found the fact that somebody quickly floated a suicide rumor very suspicious.
Often the first version of the story is the one that's believed.
Often the first version of the story is the one that's believed.
Often the first version of the story is the one that's believed.
Ironically enough, your listeners might not understand that if you poison yourself with methanol and you find out, ethanol is the solution.
Ironically enough, your listeners might not understand that if you poison yourself with methanol and you find out, ethanol is the solution.
Ironically enough, your listeners might not understand that if you poison yourself with methanol and you find out, ethanol is the solution.
One of the things that you absolutely ought to do in making this diagnosis is run a blood test. That's, you know, Medical 101. There was a machine there called the ECTCHEM machine for blood testing, but it wasn't working. It needed batteries and maintenance and had been allowed to fall into disrepair. Because it wasn't working, the blood test was never done and a proper diagnosis was never made.
One of the things that you absolutely ought to do in making this diagnosis is run a blood test. That's, you know, Medical 101. There was a machine there called the ECTCHEM machine for blood testing, but it wasn't working. It needed batteries and maintenance and had been allowed to fall into disrepair. Because it wasn't working, the blood test was never done and a proper diagnosis was never made.
One of the things that you absolutely ought to do in making this diagnosis is run a blood test. That's, you know, Medical 101. There was a machine there called the ECTCHEM machine for blood testing, but it wasn't working. It needed batteries and maintenance and had been allowed to fall into disrepair. Because it wasn't working, the blood test was never done and a proper diagnosis was never made.
And I've been informed by other experts who I've subsequently talked to that a blood test would clearly have shown what was wrong with him. Interestingly enough, I have spent years trying to find the doctor who seems to have vanished off the face of the earth. And there were several things about his treatment which you might have questioned.
And I've been informed by other experts who I've subsequently talked to that a blood test would clearly have shown what was wrong with him. Interestingly enough, I have spent years trying to find the doctor who seems to have vanished off the face of the earth. And there were several things about his treatment which you might have questioned.
And I've been informed by other experts who I've subsequently talked to that a blood test would clearly have shown what was wrong with him. Interestingly enough, I have spent years trying to find the doctor who seems to have vanished off the face of the earth. And there were several things about his treatment which you might have questioned.
If anybody out there knows where Dr. Robert Thompson, formerly of the South Pole, is, please contact me and let me know.
If anybody out there knows where Dr. Robert Thompson, formerly of the South Pole, is, please contact me and let me know.
If anybody out there knows where Dr. Robert Thompson, formerly of the South Pole, is, please contact me and let me know.
I think there were two things at play here. First off, there was the odd territorial issue of Antarctica. Under the Antarctic Treaty, nobody can make territorial claims. You can have a base there, but it's not really yours. It's just a base that countries zealously guard their rights. for what might happen in the future.
I think there were two things at play here. First off, there was the odd territorial issue of Antarctica. Under the Antarctic Treaty, nobody can make territorial claims. You can have a base there, but it's not really yours. It's just a base that countries zealously guard their rights. for what might happen in the future.
I think there were two things at play here. First off, there was the odd territorial issue of Antarctica. Under the Antarctic Treaty, nobody can make territorial claims. You can have a base there, but it's not really yours. It's just a base that countries zealously guard their rights. for what might happen in the future.