Mound septic systems are considerably more expensive than conventional septics because they require more sophisticated construction. The cost of the electric pump and sand also contributes to the total price. In most cases, budget anywhere from $10,000 to $20,000 for a mound septic system.
Conclusion: Changes of attitude regarding medical teaching and the media could dispel the confusion among physicians and journalists. For many years it was thought Joseph Merrick, widely known as the Elephant Man, had suffered from neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). In 1986, geneticists Tibbles and Cohen demonstrated that Merrick was actually afflicted with Proteus syndrome, a much rarer condition.
Elephantiasis is one of those classic terrifying diseases, which causes massive thickening of the skin and underlying tissue, usually effecting the legs and male genitalia. Your scrotum can swell to the size of a basketball, which is not a sexy sight, I assure you. Like so much wrong with the world, itâs caused by a worm, its symbiotic bacteria and a mosquito. Thatâs right, those flying bastards can give you the parasite thatâll permanently destroy your lower half.