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Causes of Death in London (1623) (mander.xyz)
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[-] hactar42@lemmy.world 145 points 2 months ago

I found a blog with a bunch of the definitions

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

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Thank you!

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