The box contains `` burdensome toil and sickness that brings death to men '' ( 91 â `` 2 ) , diseases ( 102 ) and `` a myriad other pains '' ( 100 ) . For she brings with her a jar or , in most stories , a box containing `` burdensome toil and sickness that brings death to men '' ( 91 â `` 2 ) , diseases ( 102 ) and `` a myriad other pains '' ( 100 ) .