Is it possible the Ripper's victim's "killed" him?

[Pierre]

only pierre could turn a thread into a debate about a simple adjective.

possible means possible. you know like yellow means yellow.

good grief.

if you need the actual dictionary definition-go look it up.

No, I can just ask you, Abby Normal, since you say the concept is simple!

So, is it "possible" that the killer succumbed to an illness?

1. What sort of possibilities were there for becoming ill, according to medical
research in his own time?

2. And what were the different types of deceases?

3. How high were the risks?

4. And how high were the risks to die from the different deceases?

Kind regards, Pierre

[David Orsam]

No, I can just ask you, Abby Normal, since you say the concept is simple!

So, is it "possible" that the killer succumbed to an illness?

1. What sort of possibilities were there for becoming ill, according to medical
research in his own time?

2. And what were the different types of deceases?

3. How high were the risks?

4. And how high were the risks to die from the different deceases?

Kind regards, Pierre

This is a fantastic example - going back to the writing on the wall - of an otherwise correctly spelt post with a single (extraordinary) spelling mistake.

[Abby Normal]

No, I can just ask you, Abby Normal, since you say the concept is simple!

So, is it "possible" that the killer succumbed to an illness?

1. What sort of possibilities were there for becoming ill, according to medical
research in his own time?

2. And what were the different types of deceases?

3. How high were the risks?

4. And how high were the risks to die from the different deceases?

Kind regards, Pierre

yes it is possible the killer succumbed to an illness.

[Barnaby]

Hi,

But the concept wasn´t "probable". It was "possible".

Regards, Pierre

I would define an event being possible as one in which there is a nonzero chance of occurence. But I concede that this isn't very useful and a historical conceptualization may be better.

[IchabodCrane]

Did the professionals (ie surgeons, pathologists) wear gloves at that time? What kind of gloves? Cannot have been industrially produced rubber gloves. Does anybody have information on this?

[wigngown]

If that was the case then I hope the irony of it all isn't lost.

[GUT]

Did the professionals (ie surgeons, pathologists) wear gloves at that time? What kind of gloves? Cannot have been industrially produced rubber gloves. Does anybody have information on this?

G'day Ichabod.

It is generally accepte that a US surgeon (general???) I can't recall his name, was the first to introduce surgical gloves, at least to general use, in the mid 1890s.

[GUT]

G'day Ichabod.

It is generally accepte that a US surgeon (general???) I can't recall his name, was the first to introduce surgical gloves, at least to general use, in the mid 1890s.

Now if you want a source, I will have to go hunting, but it's the sort of junk in my head.

[lynn cates]

possible

Hello All. Since some are discussing, inter alia, philosophical possibility, permit me to point out that, philosophically, "possible" is divided into:

1. logical

2. ontological

3. physical (or natural)

4. normative

Sadly, there are those who conflate the possible with probabilities greater than 0 and less than 1.

This is, I think, an egregious error.

Cheers.
LC

[DJA]

Now if you want a source, I will have to go hunting, but it's the sort of junk in my head.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Hampton

[GUT]

Thanks Mate it was Halstead I was thinking of.

[DJA]

Same hospital realised how dangerous latex gloves could be.

[Rosella]

According to 'Medical Services and the Hospital in Britain 1860-1939' Surgeons' rubber gloves and gauze face masks weren't in general use in British hospitals before the turn of the century.

[Elamarna]

Hi All

Major Illness that could have been caught, but not only ones:

1.Septicaemia leading to Sepsis.
2. Hepatitis C

Others have pointed out, without personal protective equipment, when carrying out mutilations, any cuts on killer could become infected, either directly from blood or bacteria from intestines.

Risk of death extremely high, no antibiotics to use against bacterial infections and no steroids or other medications which would counter effects of Hep C.

Please note I am not saying any such illness was caught, the questions asked were:

If it was possible?
What risk was there?
What risk of death?

hope this info helps with those answers


Steve

[MsWeatherwax]

All dispute about likelihood aside, I have to admit that this would be an absolutely poetic ending. Karma in motion.

To be fair, it is possible too...you just never know.