Recently one of my map-exploring alts was bitten by a rat close to the dark side.
Then bitten again several more times in the same game-session, all with out receiving any treatment.
...Then bitten even again in a different game-session before receiving any initial disease treatment from all of those combined bites. lol
The first and second time that a character of mine was treated for disease, it only took one cure to quickly cure him after waiting to see what the dominant symptom was.
...But, this last time (with my mentioned map-explorer alt) after the dominant symptom revealed itself, I tried leeches and it did not cure him, so I applied another leech and still he wasn't cured.
...So then I tried the willow-bark tonic because even after the disease timer was 3/4 full, I was still displaying two different symptom(s).
Anyway the first dose of willow-bark tonic did not cure him, so I drank two more doses, and he was cured.
My question is; I read awhile back the physician posting about "doses he uses" and it was 3 doses per.
So, is it default that it could take anywhere from one to three doses to cure a disease ?
...Or did my character who was last infected contract two different diseases at the same time because of being bitten several different times in two separate game sessions before any treatments were administered ?
Thank you for your time and or any response to by babbling question here.