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Born in 1776, the average life expectancy was 35-36 years. Medicine was very crude, there were no vaccinations or antibiotics. Food poisoning and water borne diseases were common. A bad cut could result in a deadly infection, or tetanus. Many women died during childbirth. Pretty grim times, huh?
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