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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)
[–] GCanuck@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks. That’s helpful. And because I had to know:

Among unfathomable “Diseases and Casualties,” Planet (or plannet) was “likely a shorthand for “planet-struck [because] Many medical practitioners believed the planets influenced health and sanity.” The label applied to any sudden illness or death, such as a heart attack or aneurysm, according to “15 Historic Diseases that Competed with Bubonic Plague.”

[–] And009@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://www.britannica.com/science/kings-evil

king’s evil,  scrofula (q.v.), or struma, a tuberculous swelling of the lymph glands, once popularly supposed to be curable by the touch of royalty.

[–] And009@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

curable by the touch of royalty

[–] humble_pete_digger@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Hazor@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.

[–] humble_pete_digger@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ha. Interesting. I thought it was excessive alcohol consumption at first

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

More that it consumes you, than you doing any consuming.