Documented causes of death in London, 1632
Documented causes of death in London, 1632
"Teeth"
18This was before the tooth fairy got her life together.
8Your own? Other people's? On purpose? Accident? It's not even clear if it's individual teeth, or all of them at the same time. I have so many questions!
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Cancer and Wolf... sheesh!
14Early analogs for chemotherapy were hit and miss.
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Man I'd hate to be killed by several accidents. I'm just imagining a medieval Rube Goldberg chain of events that leads to 46 deaths.
9"Planet"?
9"Planet struck was an explanation for sudden death, sometimes listed in the mortality records as suddenly or died suddenly."
More here!
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"Made away themselves" is sad.
8The King's Evil Mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis - inflamed lymph nodes on the neck.
618 were pressed to death.
513 died by fistula. Oops.
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Now I'm wondering how you could die from sciatica...
5Rising of the lights? Were they falling off lamp posts?
4According to wikipedia:
Rising of the lights was an illness or obstructive condition of the larynx, trachea or lungs, possibly croup. It was a common entry on bills of mortality in the 17th century. Lights in this case referred to the lungs.
8Ugh I think I'd like my lungs to stay right where they are.
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Childbirth almost quadruple than aged.
3I have learned that jaundies is not ja-undies, it's jaundice.
3Is "made away themselves" suicide?
3It is kind of a nice way to say it.
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