Dear Shannon, you get a far bigger list of rx if you use Skin, ulcers, 
phagedenic and infection from the outside would probably be the 
infection that replicates internally. Staph bacterium can cause toxic 
shock as you know as well as infective endocarditis but so can other 
bacteria and parasites such as the heartworm (apparently spreading like 
wild fire in the US). It sounds like the staph you are referring to in 
the latter part of your post is the non-aureus type, which is found on 
the skin of everyone that could be getting bolshy 
Sx that develop from a cat scratch obviously point to the individual's 
susceptibility but it also has to take into consideration whatever the 
cat (or any animal) is carrying and I believe that Pasteurella 
multocida is another likely cause.
Castor oil has been used since ancient times as an anti inflammatory 
(possibly because of the glycerin content??) but you can see how the 
acid has been used as a terrorist substance - all the euphorbias have 
this potential but Ricinis is one of the worst - no after effects of 
this I hope 
Best wishes, Joy
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