tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post3394476807364200447..comments2024-03-28T14:56:04.846-07:00Comments on Biology in Science Fiction: Vampirism as Disease?Peggy Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-86615910722330591902012-02-06T06:55:09.912-08:002012-02-06T06:55:09.912-08:00I always find it amusing when people try to use sc...I always find it amusing when people try to use science to explain the mystical. Not really talking about this article as such, but movies and books where vampires are portrayed as ordinary people who have contracted some kind of disease that makes their heart stop beating, gives them supernatural strength and powers, and make them so sensitive to the sun that they burst into flame on exposure.Doug Dandridgehttp://dougdandridge.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-70722125167733930692012-01-12T18:13:08.613-08:002012-01-12T18:13:08.613-08:00Haha, vous les gens ne sauront jamais la vérité. Y...Haha, vous les gens ne sauront jamais la vérité. You are all fools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-88536949503454578872011-11-17T02:46:02.829-08:002011-11-17T02:46:02.829-08:00This whole vampirism histeria indeed originated fr...This whole vampirism histeria indeed originated from Romania and was indeed associated with Dracula but is totally different from what people may think. First of all, I don't know how many of you are familiar with history on the Balkans (Eastern Europe) but for quite some time there was Turkish suppression there. Dracula was indeed of noble kin, who however was a vasal (idk if this is the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-47718085264153965612010-01-14T14:52:13.749-08:002010-01-14T14:52:13.749-08:00Shannah I think you are right, that the idea of va...Shannah I think you are right, that the idea of vapirism arose out of more complicated reasons than some people having a disease. <br /><br />And <i>Peeps</i> is a great reading suggestion.Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-70294606145351191802010-01-14T14:30:58.840-08:002010-01-14T14:30:58.840-08:00Hey, thanks for this post but my view of this &quo...Hey, thanks for this post but my view of this "discussion" if you will, is that maybe just maybe people who have these symptoms of Porphyria may have other disorders that are not "linked" with this particular disease yea some maybe and i must say i am no doctor or scientist (though i excelled at science in school).... it is my belief that even though Porphyria is a good idea Shannahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-20135862186068388822009-10-26T03:36:53.490-07:002009-10-26T03:36:53.490-07:00My thinking is that these type of disease are rela...My thinking is that these type of disease are related with each other in some form or in some way.Watch House Onlinehttp://www.watch-house-online-free.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-86522908604148584162009-07-10T08:57:41.751-07:002009-07-10T08:57:41.751-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Stasyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991455427088491025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-51952895397224539652009-07-10T08:51:27.882-07:002009-07-10T08:51:27.882-07:00he seems to only be talking about cutaneous porphy...he seems to only be talking about cutaneous porphyria, and not the acute form, which is what i was first thinking of - hmm...siezures, bloating, purple pee (from where the name comes from) and headaches and digestive problems dont exactly scream 'VAMPIRE'...but the cutaneous effects of the disorder do seem similiar -Stasyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991455427088491025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-19485239024326137532008-10-10T18:46:00.000-07:002008-10-10T18:46:00.000-07:00Look the whole idea could have been several diseas...Look the whole idea could have been several disease that were lumped into one. Lupus causes in a small number sensitivity to light. they are probably pale and porphorin problem lets face it who has not had the urge to lick a wound. I assume that most of these disease have a paltry associated with them. so we have several disease that onset at different times or under different factors and whamo Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-75945056816787550732008-03-15T20:45:00.000-07:002008-03-15T20:45:00.000-07:00Hi leestein,It wasn't quite Hollywood that founded...Hi leestein,<BR/><BR/>It wasn't quite Hollywood that founded the lore about vampires being "allergic" to sunlight - but Prana-Film.<BR/><BR/>In 1922, they released <I>Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens</I> - an illegal adaptation of Bram Stoker's <I>Dracula</I> (1897) - and it became the first source <I>ever</I> to introduce the lore of vampires being harmed in sunlight.<BR/><BR/>It should be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-35112050720957524882007-10-24T16:12:00.000-07:002007-10-24T16:12:00.000-07:00Dolphin's theory is just another example of trying...Dolphin's theory is just another example of trying to make sense of something mystical. Sure, Porphyria exists, and it may have been responsible for the initial belief in vampires, but I think it is clear that when people think and talk about vampires they do not mean someone with an actual disease, but rather a mystical creature of nightmares. Thanks for this post, though, as it is clearing up Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-78639730475028668552007-01-22T21:12:00.000-08:002007-01-22T21:12:00.000-08:00I have to admit that practically most of this is b...I have to admit that practically most of this is beyond my comprehension, nonetheless, as a person who enjoys writing scifi it will become an invaluable resource should I need some serious biology in a story.<br /><br />Thanks for this :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-42866863291822592212007-01-22T15:30:00.000-08:002007-01-22T15:30:00.000-08:00Actually, in Stoker's novel, Dracula does sometime...Actually, in Stoker's novel, Dracula does sometimes come out in daylight. The idea that vampires are allergic to sunlight was probably introduced by Hollywood.<br /> The classic SF treatment of vampirism as a disease was Richard Matheson's I AM LEGEND. I believe it was supposed to be a bacterial infection in the novel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com