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Causes of Death in London (1623) (mander.xyz)
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[–] 151 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I found a blog with a bunch of the definitions

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

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    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.

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