Apparently one rather surprising medieval death toll was a result of toothache- the infection would spread to the sufferer's brain, and they'd die. It was actually the most common cause of death at one point, although I don't know which point in the medieval period this actually was, so... yeah.
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Date: 2009-11-10 07:00 pm (UTC)