Orangeburst
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I only know because I was assigned that painting for a report in Junior High…
The halo around each star was because of the digitalis that he took. Digoxin toxicity includes a side effect of a halo around lights. During this period in Van Gogh’s life, people took a plant (the Common Foxglove) that naturally produced digitalis. It also causes dilated pupils which was in fashion…
This same report about Van Gogh helped me figure out that a patient had digoxin toxicity (I was a medical student) the resident thought that she was just a regular Psychiatric patient, but she was very lucid. She mentioned that the lights looked really strange. I asked her how and she actually said halo. She was on digoxin for her heart. I convinced the resident to get a digoxin level. The patient had a toxic level and immediately got transferred to the cardiac intensive care. Received Digibind and got better quickly. I got pissed when the resident tried to take credit, but he knew none of the signs of digoxin toxicity (lazy and didn’t look them up…)
Yet another reason why I think that Tennessee is 15-0 this season.
I have no idea what you said..other than sounds very cultured and intelligent.
I gotta think this 15-0 has merit.