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Causes of Death in London (1623) (mander.xyz)
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[–] Sweetpeaches69 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

How did someone die of sciatica?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

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

[–] ChonkyOwlbear 9 points 1 week ago

Just snapped right in half.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 1 points 1 week ago

I can speculate: Tumor or abscess pushing on the sciatic nerve? Horrible, unending back pain so they killed themselves? The cure being worse than the disease? I only know a bit about 17th century medicine, just that they lack a lot of medical technology and knowledge we take for granted. I mean they figured out hand washing in the 19th century.