[Sca-cooks] Modern asthmas vs period catarrhs

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

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> > For example, Henry IV (Hotspur) was the one who died, I believe of
> > some weird, horrible disease that caused him to start to rot into pieces
> > while still alive.  They didn't really have a name for it - it wasn't
> > leprosy, because that was a known ailment.
>
> Gangrene maybe?
>
> Misha

No, they knew gangrene. Richard the Lionheart died of gangrene.

Margaret