2007-03-15 12:30:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
I searched online and also in several medical databases and the only reference I found anywhere had to do with Agatha Christie's book "The Hollow." I'm thinking that perhaps it's a fictional disease for the purpose of the book.
2007-03-15 22:00:11 · answer #1 · answered by bookie04 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a fictional disease featured in Agatha Christie's "The Hollow". The disease is fictional, but from the description in the book, it could also be MS, or multiple sclerosis - which is NOT a fictional disease.
Agatha Christie served as a volunteer nurse from 1914 to 1916, and was qualified as a 'dispenser'(pharmacist?) in 1917. She was very knowledgeable about poisons and their symptoms because of this. The description of the disease may be accurate, while the name was chosen to be intentionally fictional - there's no way to really know.
Christie's descriptions of the effects of poison in her books however, have actually helped in the discovery of crimes - they are done so well that symptoms have been recognized even though attending doctors were puzzled.
2015-09-23 21:27:24 · answer #2 · answered by Drake 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋