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Writing Research Question: Diseases
Feb. 25th, 2019 04:08 pmSo, I have a problem. And I’m hoping it’s one other people have encountered, and have solutions for.
Sometimes, I want to know a lot about a disease* for writing purposes. And as such, I want to research that specific disease. Except, for a lot of diseases, the things you can find on the internet about it are maddeningly vague, because they are for people worried they may have that disease, not people that want to write about it. So they have lists of vague symptoms, and exhortation to speak to a medical professional if you are concerned.
And that’s not what I am looking for! I want details about the symptoms (including the gory ones)! I want to know the progression, in detail, with or without medical treatment! I want to know about the complications, and how likely they are! I want to know the treatments!-- especially important because I’m often writing medieval fantasy, and I want to know if treatment is even plausible with that tech base, and I also want to avoid giving a character something that is perfectly survivable in modern times (eg because we have antibiotics) that should all rights kill them dead in their setting.
Does anyone have any source suggestions?
*I’m lumping ‘infection’ and ‘poison’ and ‘injury’ under the umbrella ‘disease’ here.
Sometimes, I want to know a lot about a disease* for writing purposes. And as such, I want to research that specific disease. Except, for a lot of diseases, the things you can find on the internet about it are maddeningly vague, because they are for people worried they may have that disease, not people that want to write about it. So they have lists of vague symptoms, and exhortation to speak to a medical professional if you are concerned.
And that’s not what I am looking for! I want details about the symptoms (including the gory ones)! I want to know the progression, in detail, with or without medical treatment! I want to know about the complications, and how likely they are! I want to know the treatments!-- especially important because I’m often writing medieval fantasy, and I want to know if treatment is even plausible with that tech base, and I also want to avoid giving a character something that is perfectly survivable in modern times (eg because we have antibiotics) that should all rights kill them dead in their setting.
Does anyone have any source suggestions?
*I’m lumping ‘infection’ and ‘poison’ and ‘injury’ under the umbrella ‘disease’ here.
