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[fillyourhand]

[Several hours after this.]

I thought I had a touch of the indigestion this morning, but it hasn't passed.

I've lost my eye and been shot to pieces, but I have not vomited blood before. It is the typhoid fever. I've seen many a soldier die of such a thing, and I know the symptoms.

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[most_feared]

Do you know what an ulcer is, Mr. Cogburn?

[fillyourhand]

Mister, it's typhoid.

[Read: Nope.]

[most_feared]

[He will guess that "Nope"] If you drink enough and are hard enough on your stomach, you can eat away some of the lining until it bleeds. It hurts pretty damn bad and you can throw up blood. It's not contagious but it's something that needs looking at.

[fillyourhand]

I'm not in pain.

[...Which should tip anyone off to it not being typhoid, but hey. Old-timey scares.]

[most_feared]

You're not in pain? [That's weird.] And you've not been stuck in the bathroom for longer than usual?

[fillyourhand]

No, sir. Not in the bath.

[most_feared]

[Oh yeah, old timey. He doesn't want to call Rooster Cogburn out on potential diarrhea though. So he'll just... conclusion jump.]

Dr. Jones and the infirmary staff'll look into your health, sir, but I don't think it's Typhoid.