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From: "Malcolm" <>
Subject: [LAN] Evil
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 22:29:24 +0100


> 1811 June 3 Hannah d James & Betty Birchal, AS Hinge maker, Evil age 20
>
> I will admit some of the old causes of death leave me wondering, but
> this one has really peaked my curiosity. Does anyone have any idea what
> Evil as a cause of death means?

Scrofula (a form of TB) was known as the King's Evil.
But I would have thought that this term would have died out by 1811.
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