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

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[–] RememberTheApollo_ 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

You can read about the modern meanings of the words here:

https://mylittlebird.com/2021/03/public-health-stats-on-disease-in-1600s-london/

[–] GCanuck 4 points 2 days ago

Thanks. That’s helpful. And because I had to know:

Among unfathomable “Diseases and Casualties,” Planet (or plannet) was “likely a shorthand for “planet-struck [because] Many medical practitioners believed the planets influenced health and sanity.” The label applied to any sudden illness or death, such as a heart attack or aneurysm, according to “15 Historic Diseases that Competed with Bubonic Plague.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Kings evil?

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

https://www.britannica.com/science/kings-evil

king’s evil, scrofula (q.v.), or struma, a tuberculous swelling of the lymph glands, once popularly supposed to be curable by the touch of royalty.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

curable by the touch of royalty

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What's "consumption"?

[–] Hazor 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ha. Interesting. I thought it was excessive alcohol consumption at first

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

More that it consumes you, than you doing any consuming.