Rasputin’s Aspirin (POP part 9)

Continuing on, we now deal with the “Amazing Kreskin”— the only notable person I recognize in awhile who just passed away.  Most people my age would know this man as he was quite popular during my teen years.  

• Kreskin,  (born George Joseph Kresge Jr., January 12, 1935 – December 10, 2024)  89, American mentalist.

Note from the mentalist wiki page: 

Mentalism techniques have, on occasion, been allegedly used outside the entertainment industry to influence the actions of prominent people for personal and/or political gain. Famous examples of accused practitioners include:

• Erik Jan Hanussen, alleged to have influenced Adolf Hitler^[41]
• Grigori Rasputin, alleged to have influenced Tsaritsa Alexandra^[42]
• Wolf Messing, alleged to have influenced Joseph Stalin^[43]
• Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, accused of influencing members of the French aristocracy in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace

One stands out: 

• Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (21 January [O.S. 9 January] 1869 – 30 December [O.S. 17 December] 1916) was a Russian mystic and faith healer. 

My daughter was born on his birthday and so expanding the cluster from my previous post: 

• January 1(x3), …,8, 9, __, 11(x3), 12, 13(x2), 14, 15(x3), …, 19(x3) 20, 21(x3), 22, 23, …, 27, 28, 29(x2), __, 31/Date Sequence” pattern cluster.

This is a strategically designed prompt to focus on Rasputin.  Note from his Wiki page: 

Dr. S. P. Fedorov, one of the physicians who attended Alexei, admitted that "the recovery was wholly inexplicable from a medical point of view."^[45] Later, Dr. Fedorov admitted that Alexandra could not be blamed for seeing Rasputin as a miracle man: "Rasputin would come in, walk up to the patient, look at him, and spit. The bleeding would stop in no time.... How could the empress not trust Rasputin after that?"

Historian Robert K. Massie has called Alexei's recovery "one of the most mysterious episodes of the whole Rasputin legend".

Note from the wiki pages of the notable persons mentioned: 

• Sergey Petrovich Fedorov (23 January 1869— 15 January 1936)
• Robert Kinloch Massie III (January 5, 1929 – December 2, 2019)

The cluster expands: 

• January 1(x3), …5,… ,8, 9, __, 11(x3), 12, 13(x2), 14, 15(x4), …, 19(x3) 20, 21(x3), 22, 23(x2), …, 27, 28, 29(x2), __, 31/Date Sequence” pattern cluster.

Still other historians–including memoirist Pierre Gilliard, Alexei's French-language tutor–have speculated that Rasputin controlled Alexei's bleeding by disallowing the administration of aspirin, then widely used to relieve pain, but unknown as an anti-clotting agent until the 1950s

AHA, so there you have it!!  It was no sleight of hand or anything like that, it was pure knowledge.  The administration of aspirin was common for ailments, BUTT, this was likely known by Rasputin… thanks to his inner twin.   

• Pierre Gilliard (16 May 1879 – 30 May 1962)

Note from the aspirin wiki pages:  

Felix Hoffmann (or Arthur Eichengrün) of Bayer was the first to produce acetylsalicylic acid in a pure, stable form in 1897.^[14] By 1899, Bayer had dubbed this drug Aspirin and was selling it globally

• Felix Hoffmann (21 January 1868 – 8 February 1946)
• Arthur Eichengrün (13 August 1867 – 23 December 1949)

So what are the chances of THAT… Hoffman, Rasputin and my daughter sharing the same birthday!?  The cluster expands yet again: 

• January 1(x3), …5,… ,8, 9, __, 11(x3), 12, 13(x3), 14, 15(x4), …, 19(x3) 20, 21(x4), 22, 23(x2), …, 27, 28, 29(x2), __, 31/Date Sequence” pattern cluster.

Another notable person mentioned in this research that I included in the above pattern cluster: 

• Maurice Paléologue (13 January 1859 – 23 November 1944)

He died on my mother’s birthday.