This case was unpublished until GalacticClay4AI.com. It is included as an extreme observation, not as a selected treatment series.
Martine’s Buruli ulcer was already too advanced for planned Illite treatment. The pallet of Illite flown from France was also insufficient for another severe case: her rapidly decaying arm would have required a substantial amount of clay, and necrosis was progressing quickly. Surgical amputation was medically indicated.
After seeing other patients’ results, Martine insisted that Line de Courssou accept her anyway. Line could use only residual clay scraped from the mixing bowls after the other patients had been treated.
The photographs show painless mummification of unsalvageable necrotic tissue.
- At no stage was there septicaemia.
- No antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, or painkillers were given.
When the bones began to separate, a surgical team from Abidjan — about 650 km away by road — arrived on site for routine regional debridement. Line then requested prompt amputation of the upper arm.
This tragic operation was performed 70 days after Illite treatment began and succeeded without complication. One year later, there was no Buruli recurrence. Martine had resumed family life with one arm.
