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Spelling “Lunatic” as “Lunatique” now. Shout out to the poor folks that just died in the street and starved. Surprised it’s only 6.
I saw this list on hidden killers of the Tudor home (even though this list is post-Tudor era). The specifically spoke about the ‘teeth’ part.
Basically what that mean was that a variety of tooth decay and oral issues pertaining to the teeth. This was an era that first saw a large consumption of sugar (which as you know LOVES to fuck with teeth) by wealthier people and coupled with a nonexistent oral hygiene practice and dentistry. Basically people’s teeth would decay and cause gum disease or simply a shitload of pain that even the painful teeth pulling couldn’t fully fix.
One thing that you must remember is that prior to widespread sugar availability most people’s teeth were remarkably fine throughout life as people’s diets didn’t contain enough crap that will mess your teeth up. Of course this isn’t to say that it was perfect. Braces would have been a good thing to have for many people and a simple toothbrush with half decent toothpaste would have been a very welcomed thing.
RFK jr will do his damndest to ensure bad teeth becoming a leading cause of death. Right behind measles, flu, polio and other communicable diseases.
Apparently teeth means children who haven’t gone through teething, according to contemporary resources
So the documentary lied to me?
I’d take a more pragmatic approach in that what you’re saying is totally valid and may not contradict what I am saying either.
You can read about the modern meanings of the words here:
https://mylittlebird.com/2021/03/public-health-stats-on-disease-in-1600s-london/
Murthered
Out in the streets they call it merther
When rhythm spacing out your head
So many dead children. I count a full one third of all deaths being babies and toddlers.
It’s the reason why so many misleading statistics claim a much shorter lifespan in the past. If you survived childhood, and there wasn’t a plague around, or a war, you had good chances of reaching 60.
Planet
wtf were they smoking in London?
Just a wee collision with a planet after falling off a high ledge?
Weird euphemism, but I’d buy it 🤷
Kill’d by several accidents
When the universe is out to get you, but you survive the first accident
Rasputin syndrome
‘Planet’ goes hard.
This is just the extended discography of a gothic folk metal band?
So aggravating to not be able to sort by columns
Over-laid sounds like a good way to go.
I know right? Especially when it’s so good you starve to death. And she’s a nurse too
I found a blog with a bunch of the definitions
https://www.neatorama.com/2022/03/09/Leading-Causes-of-Deaths-in-London-1632/
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.
Thank you!
That one guy that died of Sciatica 😣
Am old, can sympathise.
Cancer, and Wolf.
“People called cancer the wolf, because it ‘ate up’ the person.” But this wasn’t just a linguistic quirk. The idea was actually translated into practice. “Some doctors would even apply raw meat to a cancerous ulcer, so that the wolf could feast on that for a while instead of ‘eating’ the patient.
I could see how people 400 years ago could think that makes sense.
“There are two wolves inside of you. I’m afraid it’s terminal.”
Classic comedy duo, well until cancer went through the divorce…
- I would choose wolves over cancer
- I suspect it means ear infections, but I choose to believe there was a big kettledrum accident that year
It meant tumor
