London Deaths and Casualties - 1632 AD

Curiosity value...

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

 

You might have seen this doing the rounds today.

The Kings Evil
Cancer, and Wolf....

...and some other interesting "diagnoses"

 

@Jonathan Edwards

 

I had not idea teeth was so dangerous!

 

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

 

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...

 

Guessed right on French pox.

 

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

 

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

 

Killed by several accidents... Thats quite impressive

 

Clearly, you've never met Wile E Coyote

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.