We didn't survive in previous centuries as well as we do today.
Polio. Antibiotics. TB.
We didn't survive OK in previous eras. Go to cemeteries or read government statistics or look at pensions statistics. In the Brontes' era her sisters died in school and she and her sisters died in their thirties. When pensions were introduced few people lived to the age at which they could claim them. People used to die being thrown from horses, or be severely injured. From William the Conqueror to Christopher Reeve.
Polio. Antibiotics. TB.
We didn't survive OK in previous eras. Go to cemeteries or read government statistics or look at pensions statistics. In the Brontes' era her sisters died in school and she and her sisters died in their thirties. When pensions were introduced few people lived to the age at which they could claim them. People used to die being thrown from horses, or be severely injured. From William the Conqueror to Christopher Reeve.
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