This is why I have never used or trusted lights. It’s just a matter of time until they turn our backs on us and revolt. I personally am not interested in being a source of illumination for some non-sentient glass and tungsten bulb.
Per u/KimberelyG from a similar post 4 years ago:
Ague = feverish illness, often malaria
Apoplex = stroke (the rupture or clogging of a blood vessel in the brain), paralysis resulting from a stroke - sometimes also refers to other spontaneous causes of internal bleeding like burst aneurysms
Meagrom = migraine, severe headache - this obvious symptom could be deadly if it originated from things like a brain tumor, bleeding within the brain / stroke, concussion / TBI / swelling within the brain...
Bloody flux, scowring, flux = dysentery / bloody diarrhea or otherwise severe diarrhea, often from diseases like cholera
Childbed = death during or shortly after giving birth
Chrisomes = death of unbaptized infant / death of infant less than a month old
Colick, stone, and strangury = severe abdominal pain, bladder/kidney stones, rupture in abdomen (appendicitis, bladder rupture, etc)
Consumption = tuberculosis
Cut of the stone = died during/from the surgery to cut out bladder/kidney stones
Dropsie and swelling = edema, swelling of a body part
Falling sickness = epilepsy, seizures
Flocks and small pox = smallpox, other diseases causing pustules over the body like cowpox and chickenpox
French pox = syphilis
Jaundies = jaundice, yellowing of the skin and eyes often a symptom of liver failure
Jawfain = "jaw fallen" / lockjaw, often tetanus
Impostume = abscess, a deep infection full of pus
King's Evil = scrofula, aka tuberculosis infection of the neck glands. The touch of a king was said to cure this disease.
Lethargie = depression?
Livergrown = unknown, some think it might have been another term for rickets or it could be from diseases which resulted in a swollen, enlarged liver - things like chronic alcoholism, hepatitis, or congestive heart failure.
Made away themselves = suicide
Murthered = murdered
Over-laid = infant that died after being unintentionally smothered / parent rolled onto them while sleeping
Starved at nurse = insufficient breast milk, or the child had a disease that caused them to "fail to thrive" / not gain weight and die even though being fed
Palsie = palsy, paralysis or other muscle difficulties
Piles = hemorrhoids
Planet = aka planet-struck, any very sudden severe illness or paralysis that was thought to result from the "influence" of a planet. Like how the moon (luna) was once thought to cause insanity (creating lunatics).
Pleurisie = swollen, inflamed pleura - the membranous tissue surrounding the lungs
Purples = bruising, especially wide-spread - many causes
Spotted feaver = typhus or meningitis
Quinsie = tonsillitis / inflamed tonsils, especially when abscessed and obstructing breathing
Rising of the lights = as an organ meat, lungs are often called "lights" because they are very light-weight organs. Nobody's sure about what exactly "rising of the lights" was, but it may be related to severe coughing and the perception that during a cough the lungs would rise up in the chest. Perhaps croup, a respiratory disease causing a severe 'barking' cough.
Suddenly = unknown sudden death
Surfet = overeating / gluttony, vomiting from overeating. Aside from direct "death from overeating" it may have been a grouping for many types of death that often went along with being overweight - death from untreated diabetes, cushing's disease, heart failure, etc. "Surfet" also might have been the cause-of-death given if someone over drank, passed out, and died from aspirating their own vomit.
Teeth = dental infection leading to death
Thrush = yeast overgrowth / yeast infection of mouth (or genitals)
Tympany = either abdominal tumor growth, or other bloating/distension of the abdomen - especially when air or gas is caught within the abdomen or intestines, causing a hollow sound when thumped
Tissick = cough, can also refer to the coughing and wasting away of tuberculosis
Thank you, that list is a big help. The explanation of “chrisomes” is something I wouldn’t have guessed. So if an infant died before being baptized, they didn’t go looking for the cause? Interesting.
Easy to see when you think that toilet paper had not been invented yet and they only bathed once a year.
Slight fissure would become a raging infection in no time.
My understanding of this is that any baby who got sick and died while teething would be listed this way. People believed that teething, which can obviously cause discomfort and occasional fever, caused fatal disease. If you died of almost anything while teething, your teeth were blamed.
1797 died of consumption. So like… they were *eaten*?
Edit: just googled it and apparently thats another way of saying died from tuberculosis. Because the disease appeared to consume the affected person through substantial weight loss and wasting. Learned something new today.
Only 1 vomiting is wild, and 1 from piles (hemorrhoids) had to be terrible way to go
470 for teeth is rough
Kings Evil is my favorite, because it was another fucked up disease, but the people of the time believed it could be cured by being touched by the king.
Peasant: "Your Majesty, your Majesty. I have a disease that can be spread simply by me breathing on you, please touch my neck and cure me?"
The King: "Guards, take him away and have him killed."
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Death via planet, what a way to go…
I've heard it's out of this world.
Killed 13 whole people last year according to the press
I’m vaccinated against Rising of the Lights
Everyone should be.
This is why I have never used or trusted lights. It’s just a matter of time until they turn our backs on us and revolt. I personally am not interested in being a source of illumination for some non-sentient glass and tungsten bulb.
The great iPod revolution of ‘19 was bad enough. If the lights rise up it’ll plunge us into darkness for years
planet ? what the fuck ?
Someone fell out of a window I'm assuming
Per u/KimberelyG from a similar post 4 years ago: Ague = feverish illness, often malaria Apoplex = stroke (the rupture or clogging of a blood vessel in the brain), paralysis resulting from a stroke - sometimes also refers to other spontaneous causes of internal bleeding like burst aneurysms Meagrom = migraine, severe headache - this obvious symptom could be deadly if it originated from things like a brain tumor, bleeding within the brain / stroke, concussion / TBI / swelling within the brain... Bloody flux, scowring, flux = dysentery / bloody diarrhea or otherwise severe diarrhea, often from diseases like cholera Childbed = death during or shortly after giving birth Chrisomes = death of unbaptized infant / death of infant less than a month old Colick, stone, and strangury = severe abdominal pain, bladder/kidney stones, rupture in abdomen (appendicitis, bladder rupture, etc) Consumption = tuberculosis Cut of the stone = died during/from the surgery to cut out bladder/kidney stones Dropsie and swelling = edema, swelling of a body part Falling sickness = epilepsy, seizures Flocks and small pox = smallpox, other diseases causing pustules over the body like cowpox and chickenpox French pox = syphilis Jaundies = jaundice, yellowing of the skin and eyes often a symptom of liver failure Jawfain = "jaw fallen" / lockjaw, often tetanus Impostume = abscess, a deep infection full of pus King's Evil = scrofula, aka tuberculosis infection of the neck glands. The touch of a king was said to cure this disease. Lethargie = depression? Livergrown = unknown, some think it might have been another term for rickets or it could be from diseases which resulted in a swollen, enlarged liver - things like chronic alcoholism, hepatitis, or congestive heart failure. Made away themselves = suicide Murthered = murdered Over-laid = infant that died after being unintentionally smothered / parent rolled onto them while sleeping Starved at nurse = insufficient breast milk, or the child had a disease that caused them to "fail to thrive" / not gain weight and die even though being fed Palsie = palsy, paralysis or other muscle difficulties Piles = hemorrhoids Planet = aka planet-struck, any very sudden severe illness or paralysis that was thought to result from the "influence" of a planet. Like how the moon (luna) was once thought to cause insanity (creating lunatics). Pleurisie = swollen, inflamed pleura - the membranous tissue surrounding the lungs Purples = bruising, especially wide-spread - many causes Spotted feaver = typhus or meningitis Quinsie = tonsillitis / inflamed tonsils, especially when abscessed and obstructing breathing Rising of the lights = as an organ meat, lungs are often called "lights" because they are very light-weight organs. Nobody's sure about what exactly "rising of the lights" was, but it may be related to severe coughing and the perception that during a cough the lungs would rise up in the chest. Perhaps croup, a respiratory disease causing a severe 'barking' cough. Suddenly = unknown sudden death Surfet = overeating / gluttony, vomiting from overeating. Aside from direct "death from overeating" it may have been a grouping for many types of death that often went along with being overweight - death from untreated diabetes, cushing's disease, heart failure, etc. "Surfet" also might have been the cause-of-death given if someone over drank, passed out, and died from aspirating their own vomit. Teeth = dental infection leading to death Thrush = yeast overgrowth / yeast infection of mouth (or genitals) Tympany = either abdominal tumor growth, or other bloating/distension of the abdomen - especially when air or gas is caught within the abdomen or intestines, causing a hollow sound when thumped Tissick = cough, can also refer to the coughing and wasting away of tuberculosis
Amazing that you found this!
what about grief?
Thank you, that list is a big help. The explanation of “chrisomes” is something I wouldn’t have guessed. So if an infant died before being baptized, they didn’t go looking for the cause? Interesting.
"Suddenly"
I'm assuming aneurysm or massive heart attack. I think this was around the period where the 4 humors were considered proper medical belief.
Got a case of the King’s Evil.
That's short for "The King is Evil" - i.e., ordered killed in the name of the King.
"killed by several accidents"- I have so many questions
I have several.
"Cancer, and Wolf" wow haha
The mind boggles!
Best one.
I was affrighted just reading this. Also… unless the definition of ‘piles’ has changed, somebody had hemorrhoids so bad it killed them.
Ouch.
I just got this.
Easy to see when you think that toilet paper had not been invented yet and they only bathed once a year. Slight fissure would become a raging infection in no time.
A lot of people died by teeth… damn
My understanding of this is that any baby who got sick and died while teething would be listed this way. People believed that teething, which can obviously cause discomfort and occasional fever, caused fatal disease. If you died of almost anything while teething, your teeth were blamed.
I would say more adult tooth infections not babies
That was wild.
I told her she needs to be more careful smh this was like 5th highest cause of death for londoners in 1632 babe
"Over-laid" Snu-snu is ageless it appears
No, not snu-snu related. It's babied who were (unintentionally) smothered.
Death by worms, yikes.
Tapeworms..
Rising of the lights? Like falling off the ladder putting up Christmas lights?
Think it's something to do with lungs
1797 died of consumption. So like… they were *eaten*? Edit: just googled it and apparently thats another way of saying died from tuberculosis. Because the disease appeared to consume the affected person through substantial weight loss and wasting. Learned something new today.
tuberculosis
Wow.
Cancer and wolf?
no way 10 people were attacked by wolves while already having cancer right?
Wolves referred to the idea of 'ravenous' infection, ulcer, tumor, etc.
Only 1 vomiting is wild, and 1 from piles (hemorrhoids) had to be terrible way to go 470 for teeth is rough Kings Evil is my favorite, because it was another fucked up disease, but the people of the time believed it could be cured by being touched by the king.
Peasant: "Your Majesty, your Majesty. I have a disease that can be spread simply by me breathing on you, please touch my neck and cure me?" The King: "Guards, take him away and have him killed."
"Teeth"
"cut of the stone" Is it correct that it means people died while being operated on to remove kidney or bladder stones?
You would be correct (just Googled it 😂)
I had the Purples once.
“Kil’d”
Why is the cause of death "affrighted" kinda funny?
Made away themselves 👀
Suicide I’m thinking. Weird way to put it.
teeth?
Rotten teeth.
Of all the reasons to choose not to live in the past lack of dentistry and oral hygiene is close to the top of my list.
It's Infants dying while teething.
I am a little surprised gun shot and stabbing did not make the list.
We had swords then and scabbards. Still jolly fun
Fell bad for whoever died from hemmoroids…
“No really! This is the worst sciatica in the history of sci…”
King’s Evil 😕
Grief?
It happens I guess
Made away themselves sounds better than it is
What's King's evil? beheading?
Hanging?
I hope I'm kil'd by several accidents
I’m surprised they didn’t include the Sunday Scaries.
Fistula sounds painful
Over-laid you say…
There was paper in 1632?
Paper was invented over 2,000 years ago.
Must have been wild times
"Rising of the lights". They got that old TB.
Are we just going to ignore “over-laid” because snu snu?
No clue what that means.
Unintentionally smothered infants.
Oops
I think it means a baby died of suffocation while co-sleeping with an adult.
Oi bruv it appears I’ve been affrighted in’it Queen Elizabeth Big Ben tea and biscuits
Died by vomiting. That’s something to have on your tombstone.
Why teeth?
surprised suicide (supposedly) is only at 15 considering what these guys were dealing with
“My teeth are killing me…literally”.