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Man fails to take his medicine—the flesh starts rotting off his leg

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Summary
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65% Informative

A 64-year-old man went to the emergency department of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston with a painful festering ulcer spreading on his left, very swollen ankle.

The open sore was about 8 by 5 centimeters ( about 3 by 2 inches ) and was rimmed by black, ashen, and dark purple tissue.

Inside, it oozed with streaks and fringes of yellow pus around pink and red inflamed flesh.

VR Score

64

Informative language

63

Neutral language

4

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

30

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

Source diversity

1

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