It contributed to increased cases of #MultipleSclerosis & increased #cancer rates. It resulted in 6 of my family members having to get #limbs #amputated & some men/women becoming completely unfertilized for life. It was another attempt at #Indigenous #genocide & #ecocide in the name of #war & it's wasn't OK then or now.

#December 14, 1843
#OTD John Claudius #Loudon, #Scottish #Botanist & #Writer died.

John's #LoveStory w/ his wife, Jane, started like this: After arranging to meet Henry Colburn, the man who wrote "The #Mummy", he discovered Jane was really Henry.

Later on, rheumatic fever ravaged his body. Surgeons found him in his #Garden the day they #Amputated his right arm.

John died dictating a book for young #Gardeners. Around midnight, he collapsed into Jane's arms. She completed the #Book on her own.