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There's no evidence, but childhood mortality was very high. Remember, in pre-antibiotic days the flu could kill you. Chances are that it was some high-fever childhood illness that today would be cured in a day.

Posted by Hamlet on March 21, 1997 at 11:11:59
 In Reply to "How did Hamnet die?" posted by Sandra Touw on March 16, 1997 at 17:55:52


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