- Phoenicianpirate ( @Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee ) English5•4 hours ago
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.
- arc ( @arc@lemm.ee ) English3•3 hours ago
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.
- Shareni ( @Shareni@programming.dev ) English1•3 hours ago
Murthered
Out in the streets they call it merther
When rhythm spacing out your head
- Eryn6844 ( @Eryn6844@beehaw.org ) English2•4 hours ago
the King’s Evil?
- Phoenicianpirate ( @Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee ) English2•4 hours ago
Well the king is evil.
- slurpeesoforion ( @slurpeesoforion@startrek.website ) English1•4 hours ago
I thought that was implied.
- state_electrician ( @state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de ) English3•5 hours ago
So many dead children. I count a full one third of all deaths being babies and toddlers.
- flamingo_pinyata ( @flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz ) English5•4 hours ago
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.
- lemmur ( @lemmur@szmer.info ) English9•7 hours ago
Planet
wtf were they smoking in London?
- rmuk ( @rmuk@feddit.uk ) English2•4 hours ago
- matze ( @matze@discuss.tchncs.de ) English2•4 hours ago
Just a wee collision with a planet after falling off a high ledge?
Weird euphemism, but I’d buy it 🤷
- flamingo_pinyata ( @flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz ) English20•8 hours ago
Kill’d by several accidents
When the universe is out to get you, but you survive the first accident
- daniskarma ( @daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English8•8 hours ago
‘Planet’ goes hard.
- sem ( @sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English20•12 hours ago
So aggravating to not be able to sort by columns
- masterofn001 ( @masterofn001@lemmy.ca ) English18•14 hours ago
Over-laid sounds like a good way to go.
- I_am_10_squirrels ( @I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) English10•13 hours ago
Death by snu-snu!
- Nougat ( @Nougat@fedia.io ) 52•18 hours ago
Cancer, and Wolf.
- Zagorath ( @Zagorath@aussie.zone ) English42•15 hours ago
“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.
- MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown ( @MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io ) 15•15 hours ago
- 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
- Natanox ( @Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de ) English22•17 hours ago
“My teeth are killing me” meant something pretty different back then.
- Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) English21•17 hours ago
Rising of the lights?
…found it
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.[1][2] Lights in this case referred to the lungs.[3]
- Zwiebel ( @Zwiebel@feddit.org ) English21•18 hours ago
Cause: Suddenly.
- Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) English8•17 hours ago
Heart attack (not listed as such)
- qprimed ( @qprimed@lemmy.ml ) English17•18 hours ago
oh, cool - RFKs suggested DSM just dropped!