You know that famous phrase that says “insurance died of old age”? This is a way of saying that people who take care of themselves and are cautious only die of old age, not by misfortunes of life. For Americans who lived in the 1800s, dying of old age was not just a sign of care but also luck. Can you imagine why?
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Many contagious diseases and symptoms that are easily treatable today were of concern even to the elite, given the lack of effective treatments. See what led many people to death at that time.
Government documents have historical relevance. The Mortality of the United States, for example, published in 1860 by the American government, is proof of this. It contains the most common causes of death for Americans. In a query, it is already possible to observe that most of them are treatable nowadays.
See which were the deadliest diseases of the 19th century:
Diarrhea
We know that nowadays diarrhea is more of a symptom. In season? This was the common name for watery stools that did not seem to relate to any clinical case. Because of her, many patients died of dehydration.
whooping cough
The DTP vaccine, which immunizes against the triple bacterial diseases (whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus) is now available worldwide and was what made this disease extinct. For a long time, it was one of the main causes of death, especially because of its rapid transmission.
seizures
They can be multifactorial and caused by epilepsy, tetanus or neonatal seizures, but doctors at the time used this term to designate deaths caused by these episodes. Most people who lost their lives after seizures were children, especially newborns.
cephalitis
This is what is known today as encephalitis, an inflammation in the brain that may have a viral or autoimmune origin.
Dysentery
Diarrhea-like condition, differing only in having blood in the stool. It is usually caused by bacteria. Its treatment nowadays is simple and is usually done without intercurrences.
Old age
Old age is not a disease. People who died in third Age were often seen as “chosen” or “privileged”, however, the concept of old age was broad: due to due to the low life expectancy, many citizens who died at approximately 50 years of age were already called elderly.
