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What illness did Ratso have?


I've never been able to figure it out? Cancer?

It looks a bit sweaty in there so you may need to apply baby powder Zapp Brannigan

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I believe it was polio, hence the limp. His overall health was pretty bad as well.

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I'm guessing that his limping was due to polio, and on top of that he had some severe respiratory infection (possibly tuberculosis).

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Terberculosis

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Nope. Tuberculosis.

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