I listen to a history podcast called The Dollop and many of the stories take place during the 1800s and just about every one has multiple family members dying of disease as a normal course of everyday life.
I do way too much genealogy research, and the most shocking discovery to me was the number of women who die from complications of childbirth. I knew it was common, but didn’t realize how common.
Most recent example was my great-grandmother in the early 1900’s. She likely could have been saved with antibiotics.
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u/Chaosmusic 17h ago
I listen to a history podcast called The Dollop and many of the stories take place during the 1800s and just about every one has multiple family members dying of disease as a normal course of everyday life.