Death by Planet? Strange Diagnoses from 1632 London’s Medical Records

Step into 17th-century London, where the medical field was less science and more superstition. In this episode of Rub Some Dirt in It, Marshall Miller dives into the quirky and sometimes downright absurd causes of death listed in 1632. From “King’s Evil,” supposedly cured by royal touch, to “Cut of the Stone” surgery without anesthesia, history shows just how far medicine has come.