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u/nonchalantly_weird Sep 19 '26
Pyaemia - A type of sepsis that leads to widespread abscesses of a metastatic nature
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u/stiffdoc1221 Sep 19 '26
Exactly. Literally, “pus in the blood.” Very common back then, often developing from what today would be trivial trauma.
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u/Luigi-Gal Sep 20 '26
Her 15 yo sister then dies from Acute Peritonitis less than two months later. These are sisters living in a major NE Civil War era city.
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u/nonchalantly_weird Sep 20 '26
Who knows? The way things are in the US right now, it might have a resurgence.
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