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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

How many of these are easily treatable today?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

It's interesting how there's a hint of science here, but so much non-science.

Like, trying to categorize things is a bit scientific. Trying to distinguish between similar but different things is a bit scientific. At the same time, so many of these causes of death are symptoms not causes. And, there are too many cases where they didn't bother to try to find a cause, like the "Planet" cases or "Suddenly". Also, almost all of the deaths are in children / infants, but in those cases they don't try to figure out the cause of death, they just note the age.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

How did someone die of sciatica?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Just snapped right in half.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Could be pain in the sciatic area that was actually caused by something else, like septic kidneys or an internal tumor

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

8 deaths from plague? Fake news, China plague.

[–] JackbyDev 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Probably speaking of lupus. The only reason that somehow makes any sense 🤔

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

Leeches cured my gout. If only they knew.

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

Consumption I think is not in the sense of eating, but in the sense of the body eating itself ie wasting away.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Tuberculosis

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I thought that was implied.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Does "murthered" mean murdered? If so I'm surprised there's only one. TV and movies make it look like life was cheap in old timey London.

[–] Shareni 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Murthered

Out in the streets they call it merther

When rhythm spacing out your head

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