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Tag: scarlett fever

Great Sorrows, the Deadly “Throat Distemper” of 1735

February 5, 2024January 25, 2025 Gordon Harris5 Comments

"What mourning Sighs, and loud Outcries comes from the Eastern Towns, Of Children crying, and others dying, which makes a doleful Sound."

Posted in Disease, StoriesTagged 1736, diptheria, Rowley, scarlett fever

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