The lava caused little direct damage, but ash and sulphur dioxide spewed out over most of the country, causing three-quarters of the island's livestock to perish.
Recreations of these traditional preparations often contain a preservative especially sulphur dioxide, although sugar alone will keep it fresh for quite a long time.
Inhaling sulphur dioxide gas causes victims to choke as their internal soft tissue swells the gas reacts with the moisture in lungs and produces sulfurous acid.
In her veterinary work, she identified reproductive and immunological problems among cattle to air pollutants, like sulphur dioxide, from the sour gas industry in the region.