peak4 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 24 minutes ago, Pyrotequila said: Cancer AND a wolf?? How unlucky can 10 people get? 😂 From my previous link ‘TIS A disease which attacks not only the Breast…It sometimes assumes different names; when it comes on the Legs, ‘tis called the Wolf, because if left to itself, ‘twill not quite them ‘till it has devoured them —1707 description of cancer by French surgeon Pierre Dionis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Clay Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 33 minutes ago, Mister M said: I bet plenty died due to the lack of sanitation. Give Thames Water a few more years and we'll have the bubonic plague, typhoid and dysentry back with a vengance. Yeah I thought diarrhea was one of the biggest killers back in those days....you literally poop yourself to death But no mention of that either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauxwell Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Thank heavens for modern medicine especially pain relief. Imagine having to have a tooth pulled out in 1632, god knows what they gave you for pain relief. Even childbirth posed a severe mortality risk to mothers in those days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vrsaljko Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 9 minutes ago, hauxwell said: Imagine having to have a tooth pulled out in 1632, god knows what they gave you for pain relief. I'd guess something ridiculous like opium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peak4 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 23 minutes ago, hauxwell said: Thank heavens for modern medicine especially pain relief. Imagine having to have a tooth pulled out in 1632, god knows what they gave you for pain relief. ................................... Even worse, imagine it in 2024 https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2024-02-07/woman-unable-to-get-dentist-pulls-out-12-teeth-with-pliers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesey Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 To quote my late grandfather:-‘ Nobody ever died of nowt’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Love these old Bills Of Mortality, loads on Google if you search for that term. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningman Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Can't see a reference to died of grief, frustration and anger after being a member of The Sheffield Forum for years ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 We are all lucky to be living in 2024 rather than 1632. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 4 minutes ago, Axe said: We are all lucky to be living in 2024 rather than 1632. Thiers more people dying today, that's never died before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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