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Causes of Death in London (1623) (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 115 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I found a blog with a bunch of the definitions

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/03/09/Leading-Causes-of-Deaths-in-London-1632/

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Thanks. I have so many questions about some of these. Cut of the stone, king's evil, Planet, rising of the lights, teeth... I'm mostly curious what king's evil is in this context. Gonna go look Edit: per the link it's scrofula.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Teeth might be dental infections. Those can get nasty if untreated.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you!