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Causes of Death in London (1623) (mander.xyz)
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[-] hactar42@lemmy.world 147 points 3 days 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 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Thank you!

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