During the time of Tsar Nicholas II, aspirin was the new hot thing so they were giving it to anybody for anything. It was not well understood yet that it worsened hemophilia. There were several times that the Tsar's son was worsening, they cabled Rasputin, and he said something along the lines of "Don't let any of the doctor's near him and let the boy alone" and he improved. The going theory is that they were giving him aspirin and when he told them to leave him be that also stopped, removing the thing making him worse.
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This dog is blocking the board. I can’t suggest the next move.
It follows, then, that the next move would be to move the dog.
No one really knows how the doggie moves
I don't understand the caption, because aspirin worsens hemophilia
During the time of Tsar Nicholas II, aspirin was the new hot thing so they were giving it to anybody for anything. It was not well understood yet that it worsened hemophilia. There were several times that the Tsar's son was worsening, they cabled Rasputin, and he said something along the lines of "Don't let any of the doctor's near him and let the boy alone" and he improved. The going theory is that they were giving him aspirin and when he told them to leave him be that also stopped, removing the thing making him worse.
I think, their question is due to the semantics of the caption, as it can also be understood as "taking somebody off asprin makes haemophilia worse".
Although it is a little ambiguous, I read it correctly the first time.
Me too. It just appeared to me after thinking, why the OC came up with that comment.
I also had to do a double take. It was phrased a bit oddly.
Which was likely not because Rasputin understood the connection, he was just a talented grifter that got lucky.