Sweating Sickness
Sweating sickness was a virulent disease which firstly struck England at the end of 15th and beginning of 16th century in series. The symptoms showed suddenly and dramatically and very often ended in few hours with death. The most mysterious thing about this disease is that the cause of it is still unknown.
The first time sweating sickness appeared for the times of Henry VII. One of the first evidence goes back to August 22nd 1485, when it was spoken about it on Battle of Bosworth Field. 6 days after that it broke out in London, where it killed several thousands people in less than two months. The sweating sickness reached Ireland 7 years later in 1492 when the death of James Fleming was recorded. This sickness didn’t attack infants or children and anyone who made through the first 24 hours survived.
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