Moctezuma’S Revenge – A Real Threat?
Moctezuma was the lider of the feared Mexicas in the valley of Mexico in the 1500’s. Thinking the Spanish explorer, Hern?n Cort?s, to be the incarnation of their god Quetzacoatl, Moctezuma invited them into his kingdom, graciously offering them accommodations in his father’s palace to only be betrayed by Cort?s and his men, overthrown and taken prisoner. Moctezuma’s city, Tenochtitlan, was taken over by the Spaniards and, soon later, Moctezuma himself was either killed by the Spaniards or died of war wounds, (no one knows for sure). Now how Moctezuma?s Revenge got translated to really bad diarreah, I don’t know….. but the name stuck. Is a real threat though? Allow me to share with you my experience in this matter.