London Deaths and Casualties - 1632 AD

[InfiniteRubix]

Curiosity value...

AD, because it was printed in 1632 and there was no CE then

 

[InfiniteRubix]

You might have seen this doing the rounds today.

The Kings Evil
Cancer, and Wolf....

...and some other interesting "diagnoses"

 

[InfiniteRubix]

@Jonathan Edwards

 

[Jonathan Edwards]

I had not idea teeth was so dangerous!

 

[Invisible Woman]

Apparently -

Jawfaln = lockjaw

Kings Evil = scrofula or tuberculosis of the neck and lymph glands

Wolf = rapidly expanding growth or tumour.

Definitions found here -
http://www.homeoint.org/cazalet/oldnames.htm

 

[InfiniteRubix]

The whole list is very curious...

I guess the teeth issue is some septic abscess that's out of control.

Wolf. Can't get over that. I like wolves...

 

[shak8]

Guessed right on French pox.

 

[Hell..hath..no..fury...]

98 people killed by rising of the lights, I always did feel a lot safer around sinking lights

 

[Hell..hath..no..fury...]

The whole list is very curious...

I guess the teeth issue is some septic abscess that's out of control.

Wolf. Can't get over that. I like wolves...

It’s that special combination of cancer - and wolf that makes for an interesting death

 

[Hell..hath..no..fury...]

Killed by several accidents... Thats quite impressive

 

[InfiniteRubix]

Killed by several accidents... Thats quite impressive

Clearly, you've never met Wile E Coyote

 

[Arnie Pye]

Chrisomes and infants 2268

I'm wondering what a chrisome is, and all I can think of is possibly a baby or a young child which cried a lot because it was suffering from a serious disease and was in dreadful pain. Horrifying and very sad thought.

 

[Arnie Pye]

I wonder what "planet" is or was? Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Wonko]

Chrisomes and infants 2268

I'm wondering what a chrisome is, and all I can think of is possibly a baby or a young child which cried a lot because it was suffering from a serious disease and was in dreadful pain. Horrifying and very sad thought.

Google suggests it's a baby under one month old.

 

[Wonko]

I wonder what "planet" is or was? Anyone have any ideas?

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67247/15-historic-diseases-competed-bubonic-plague

15. “Plannet”
“Plannet” is likely a shorthand for “planet-struck.” Today we might describe a person in a state of paralytic awe as “moonstruck,” but the 17th century didn’t limit their diseases to one celestial body. Many medical practitioners believed the planets influenced health and sanity (thus the "luna" in lunatic). A person who was planet-stricken had been suddenly maligned by the forces of particular planets. They would likely present symptoms also associated with aneurisms, strokes, and heart attacks.

 

[InfiniteRubix]

I was veering towards squashed by a planet. That would be a bad day.

 

[Hell..hath..no..fury...]

I was veering towards squashed by a planet. That would be a bad day.

This was my interpretation too and the cartoon image i had in my head

 

[Arnie Pye]

Google suggests it's a baby under one month old.

I assumed it must be a misspelling of something I wouldn't recognise so didn't actually google it. Oops.

 

[Trish]

According to google:

Chrisomes were specifically children who died within the first month of life. The word itself refers to the white cloth a baby wore while it was baptized—a symbol of its innocence. A baptized baby was notable because it was assured a place in the heaven of both Catholic and early Protestant doctrine.

 

[InfiniteRubix]

Desperately sad what life was like when unscientific attitudes still held us back almost entirely. At least the corner was about to be turned....

Still some way to go, as we know.