The Picard Maneuver to Just Post • 6 months agoDocumented causes of death in London, 1632imagemessage-square24arrow-up151arrow-down11
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minus-squareThe Picard ManeuverOPlink8•6 months agoAccording to wikipedia: Rising of the lights was an illness or obstructive condition of the larynx, trachea or lungs, possibly croup. It was a common entry on bills of mortality in the 17th century. Lights in this case referred to the lungs.
Rising of the lights? Were they falling off lamp posts?
According to wikipedia:
Ugh I think I’d like my lungs to stay right where they are.