• @[email protected]
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      132 days ago

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

    • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA
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      12 days 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.