I've been watching too and was surprised to find that the sweating sickness outbreak was one of the things they got right!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweating_sickness Also I have access to PubMed through work and several articles there suggest it was a type of hantavirus passed by rodents. Allison T. On Jan 8, 2008 3:18 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:19:48 -0800 (PST) > From: Julie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [h-cost] Comments on The Tudors > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I rented the disks from Blockbuster this weekend and had a couple of > questions/comments. > > There is substantial mention of a "sweating sickness" that killed thousands > during Henry VIII's time. What was that? No mention of buboes like for > plague or marks like smallpox. Did this really happen or was it just part of > their story? It was very contagious and people were told to burn all > clothing & bedding. I believe consumption is tuberculosis, right? Any other > old disease names with modern equivalents I should know? > > I know the costumes were discussed when the show first came out What I found > most jarring was anything from the neck up. The hairstyles were extremely > modern. Long hair was down & exposed. Crowns & headgear, at least on the > women, looked fantasy or Las Vegas. > > Julie in Ramona _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
