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(10-06-2015 09:53 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  I wonder what would cause the wound never to heal. It sounds like the problems eventually traveled to his lungs and heart, and he simply grew so weak to a point from which he could not recover. Such a sad story.

It would not be unusual for the infection itself to retard or prevent wound healing. In a time before antibiotics, if that infection spread as you described, it certainly could be fatal. Blaine could elaborate further.