Iranian man who didn't wash for half a century dies at 94
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Re: Iranian man who didn't wash for half a century dies at 94
#2> But, local media say, Amou Haji finally succumbed to pressure and washed a few months ago.
> According to Iran's IRNA news agency, he became ill shortly afterwards and died on Sunday.
I'm really hoping an autopsy is done to figure out what exactly killed him, because this might be the most interesting opportunity for a hygiene case study in generations. Identifying even just one potential opportunistic disease, autoimmune condition, or even mental phenomenon which might've precipitated his passing... I'm not saying it's likely something novel will be found, but it's more likely than not.
Re: Iranian man who didn't wash for half a century dies at 94
#3> But, local media say, Amou Haji finally succumbed to pressure and washed a few months ago. > According to Iran's IRNA news agency, he became ill shortly afterwards and died on Sunday. I'm really hoping an autopsy is done to figure out what exactly killed him, because this might be the most interesting opportunity for a hygiene case study in generations. Identifying even just one potential opportunistic disease, aut…
What killed him was probably the same thing that motivated him to finally get cleaned
Re: Iranian man who didn't wash for half a century dies at 94
#4> But, local media say, Amou Haji finally succumbed to pressure and washed a few months ago. > According to Iran's IRNA news agency, he became ill shortly afterwards and died on Sunday. I'm really hoping an autopsy is done to figure out what exactly killed him, because this might be the most interesting opportunity for a hygiene case study in generations. Identifying even just one potential opportunistic disease, aut…
What killed him was probably the same thing that motivated him to finally get cleaned
Actually that's probably the most likely case lol. Still hoping for a public autopsy and case study just for the sake of the science.
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Re: Iranian man who didn't wash for half a century dies at 94
#7> But, local media say, Amou Haji finally succumbed to pressure and washed a few months ago. > According to Iran's IRNA news agency, he became ill shortly afterwards and died on Sunday. I'm really hoping an autopsy is done to figure out what exactly killed him, because this might be the most interesting opportunity for a hygiene case study in generations. Identifying even just one potential opportunistic disease, aut…
Ah, but there's also this part, apparently his water and diet were no better than his outer shell:
> his diet had consisted of rotten meat and unsanitary water drunk from an old oil can.
> Attempts to bathe him, or offer him clean water to drink, made him sad, the news agency said.
And then there's the picture where he's smoking four cigarettes at once.
I mean, I'm really kind of impressed.
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#8There is a popular russian joke I just recently heard told that has a bumpkin from the village say to his buddy, hey, you know, my friend got a French girlfriend and she's so dirty! Why, asks his buddy? Well, she takes a bath every day!
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#9"..skin covered in soot and pus..", "..diet.. ..rotten meat and unsanitary water..", "..fond of smoking..".
"..dies at 94".
I don't even know what to say. Those two snippets can't be in the same sentence right?
I'll think twice before telling my kids to "eat healthy and don't smoke"!
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#10That's one data point :)
I've stopped washing my body for a few years now. I do wash my hands regularly (with soap), I take a few saunas a week, and when I think I stink I take a shower with sodiumbicarb as a soap. I believe this is possible due to a fairly clean diet (eggs, dairy, union/garlic, meat, fish -- they make me stink and I no longer eat them).
My skin has never been better.