concept
Erysipelas (rozha)
erysipelas
also: рожа
A bacterial skin infection causing painful inflammation; Ovchinnikov names it as the real, mundane medical risk from Nilov's neglected wound, deliberately substituting an ordinary and treatable danger for the sensational fear of hydrophobia.
Reading notes
- The Wolf §53 erysipelas
Rozha -- erysipelas, a bacterial skin infection causing painful inflammation, which Ovchinnikov identifies as the real (mundane, treatable) risk from an unclean wound, deliberately undercutting the sensational fear of hydrophobia with a much more ordinary and survivable medical concern.