dark rosaleen
Senior Registered
Remember what passed for medical treatment back in the old days? I have a distinct recollection from my life as a Mongol boy.
I was lying on a low cot made of felt or some heavy cloth on a wooden frame. It was in a tent or yurt made of the same type of cloth. The interior of the place was quite dark, although it was daylight outside.
I had a bad toothache, felt feverish, and kept crying to see my uncle.
My mother and some other women were there. I felt I must be seriously ill to be indoors with women in the middle of the day. I had a sense of dread and helplessness.
My mother rubbed a grainy, pepper-colored substance on the area around the bad tooth. After that, I remember a detached, floaty feeling that was less traumatic but not very pleasant.
In retrospect, I think some kind of systemic infection that started in the tooth was what killed me. The mystery substance may have been the ground seeds of the opium poppy, one of the few pain-relievers of the time.
Do you remember being treated for an illness or injury in a past life?
I was lying on a low cot made of felt or some heavy cloth on a wooden frame. It was in a tent or yurt made of the same type of cloth. The interior of the place was quite dark, although it was daylight outside.
I had a bad toothache, felt feverish, and kept crying to see my uncle.
My mother and some other women were there. I felt I must be seriously ill to be indoors with women in the middle of the day. I had a sense of dread and helplessness.
My mother rubbed a grainy, pepper-colored substance on the area around the bad tooth. After that, I remember a detached, floaty feeling that was less traumatic but not very pleasant.
In retrospect, I think some kind of systemic infection that started in the tooth was what killed me. The mystery substance may have been the ground seeds of the opium poppy, one of the few pain-relievers of the time.
Do you remember being treated for an illness or injury in a past life?