Terry pulls out the other thing he rescued from
the Celeste: a book entitled Medicine for the Deep Sea Sailor.
He hands it to you.
"Okay," he says. "The symptoms we've seen are these,
right?"
"Brendan: sudden onset of fever and chills. Sick
for about five days, then he seems to have recovered completely.
|
"Kerry: sudden onset of fever, chills and muscle
ache. Sick for about four days now.
"Alistair: slow onset of malaise, fever, and now
a productive cough.
"Tomas: sudden onset of shock, with mental confusion.
"All the patients were confined to bed and given
plenty of food and fluids."
|