From Bewitchment to Genetics: Cystic Fibrosis and Emily’s Entourage

"If it tastes salty when someone is kissed on the brow, then this person is hexed” (bewitched).” “The child will soon die whose brow tastes salty when kissed.” Cystic Fibrosis and Emily's Entourage Bewitched children…with salty skin died.   For centuries, children with Cystic Fibrosis lived short, terrible lives.  It took until 1954 for something to …