Comment on Causes of Death in London (1623)

Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨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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• ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just snapped right in half.

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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