Episode 151: Sick to Death
The History of English Podcast
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As Henry's sores became infected, they filled with pus. Today we refer to that condition as an abscess. The people of Tudor England called it the running of the rains. In Roman medical books abra cadabra can be found in a cure for fever from third century AD or common era. A triangle shaped charm was worn on the body to ward off a fever.
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