Death and illness have never been strangers to humanity.
Some researchers havealso arguedthat two smaller outbreaks may have occurred in 1578 and 1802.
So its not clear if the two illnesses are even related.
A 1559 depiction of sweating sickness.Image:Wellcome Images/Gizmodo
Scientists have posited a wide array of potential culprits for the sweats.
Van der Kuyl also offered a potential way to definitively solve the mystery of sweating sickness.
Digging up the dead?
Charles Brandon, a famous victim of sweating sickness.Illustration:Public Domain, Royal Collection
Hopefully, sweating sickness will remain a historical curiosity and never become a contemporary health threat.
The last thing we need is the reemergence of a fast-killing mystery sickness from the past.
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