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− | '''Greyscale''' is a disease that can leave flesh stiff and dead and the skin cracked and flaking, mottled black and grey and stone-like to the touch. The tongue and lips turn to stone. | + | '''Greyscale''' is a disease that can leave flesh stiff and dead and the skin cracked and flaking, mottled black and grey and stone-like to the touch. The tongue and lips turn to stone.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}} It generally affects children, especially in cold damp climates. The victims are disfigured but could not be touched by the rarer mortal form of the affliction or the [[grey plague]]. The [[free folk]] consider people who survive greyscale unclean.{{ref|ADWD|53}} [[Tyrion Lannister]] believes that [[Garin's Curse]] is only greyscale.{{ref|ADWD|18}} |
==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
− | + | [[Maesters]] say its progress could be stayed by limes, mustard poultices, and scalding-hot baths. Septons insist that prayer, sacrifice and fasting are the cure. It is also colloquially believed that severing any affected appendages may stop the disease from spreading, but this treatment is not always effective. | |
==Persons with Greyscale== | ==Persons with Greyscale== | ||
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Revision as of 20:29, 27 February 2014
Greyscale is a disease that can leave flesh stiff and dead and the skin cracked and flaking, mottled black and grey and stone-like to the touch. The tongue and lips turn to stone.[1] It generally affects children, especially in cold damp climates. The victims are disfigured but could not be touched by the rarer mortal form of the affliction or the grey plague. The free folk consider people who survive greyscale unclean.[2] Tyrion Lannister believes that Garin's Curse is only greyscale.[3]
Treatment
Maesters say its progress could be stayed by limes, mustard poultices, and scalding-hot baths. Septons insist that prayer, sacrifice and fasting are the cure. It is also colloquially believed that severing any affected appendages may stop the disease from spreading, but this treatment is not always effective.
Persons with Greyscale
- Harlon Greyjoy, died of greyscale.
- Shireen Baratheon, survived a bout as an infant.
- Jon Connington
- Shrouded Lord
- Stone men
References and Notes
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 53, Jon XI.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 18, Tyrion V.