Tangentially, it sounds like La Mettrie died of sepsis from an unclean fleam (bloodletting device), which was a thing back then, since of course they didn't sterilize their instruments between uses. Ugh.
Oh huh, I didn't see this before I replied to your last comment about La Mettrie, but that makes perfect sense -- I was actually wondering if it was something like that, some kind of infection from the unsanitary conditions of bleeding *shudder* since the actual indigestion didn't sound like it was that bad, and the way the fever was described didn't super sound like the indigestion was a symptom of some worse illness (although, I mean, it could very well have been).
Yeah, it's just my guess, but it fits the little evidence we have.
since the actual indigestion didn't sound like it was that bad, and the way the fever was described didn't super sound like the indigestion was a symptom of some worse illness (although, I mean, it could very well have been).
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Re: In which the royal family falls like dominoes
Date: 2021-02-20 06:34 pm (UTC)Oh huh, I didn't see this before I replied to your last comment about La Mettrie, but that makes perfect sense -- I was actually wondering if it was something like that, some kind of infection from the unsanitary conditions of bleeding *shudder* since the actual indigestion didn't sound like it was that bad, and the way the fever was described didn't super sound like the indigestion was a symptom of some worse illness (although, I mean, it could very well have been).
Re: In which the royal family falls like dominoes
Date: 2021-02-20 06:37 pm (UTC)since the actual indigestion didn't sound like it was that bad, and the way the fever was described didn't super sound like the indigestion was a symptom of some worse illness (although, I mean, it could very well have been).
Agreed.