tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975451850097472766.post7712388290003393684..comments2011-06-27T21:23:32.147-07:00Comments on James's America: A thumbs up for Peruvian (public) healthcareJames Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01257005195998779443noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975451850097472766.post-36077278089709552592009-01-05T11:03:00.000-08:002009-01-05T11:03:00.000-08:00I beleive it is known as the Peruvian Dog Spider, ...I beleive it is known as the Peruvian Dog Spider, so called for its size. Enormous. Imagine a chihuahua with eight legs.<BR/><BR/>No seriously, I was asleep and have no idea. But, in related news, the Bolivian healthcare team I saw today were loving my denigration of Peruvian spiders, after the doctor said he was surprised I wasn't robbed in two weeks in Peru.James Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01257005195998779443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975451850097472766.post-52581919891370849022009-01-03T18:08:00.000-08:002009-01-03T18:08:00.000-08:00Out of interest, do you have any information on th...Out of interest, do you have any information on the breed of spider? I hope, for your sake, that it was something big and impressive.<BR/><BR/>You should read The Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig. Its about gays not spiders by the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975451850097472766.post-47793232503656403372009-01-03T13:37:00.000-08:002009-01-03T13:37:00.000-08:00It may have been some other kind of creepy crawly ...It may have been some other kind of creepy crawly - but the doctors I spoke to thought it most likely a spider. I am happy to blame them. And, in fact, as Claire will atest, an unrelated spider in Cuzco ended up paying a stiff penalty for his paisano's aggression.James Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01257005195998779443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975451850097472766.post-71730350728645956792009-01-03T02:29:00.000-08:002009-01-03T02:29:00.000-08:00Good to get the whole story at last, and you give ...Good to get the whole story at last, and you give the "man bitten by spider" story an interesting twist by turning it into a story of the superiority of pubic versus private healthcare in Peru. And are you sure it was a spider? They get the blame for many things they don't do. It could just have been an infected wound caused by anything.Richard Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01113251873506658216noreply@blogger.com