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minus-squareChe Banana@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-211 days agoRising of the lights? …found it Rising of the lights was an illness or obstructive condition of the larynx, trachea or lungs, possibly croup. It was a common entry on bills of mortality in the 17th century.[1][2] Lights in this case referred to the lungs.[3]
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