ɪn ɐ tˈaɪm bᵻfˌoːɹ ðɛɹwˌɜː mˌɛdɪkˈeɪʃənz tə tɹˈiːt ðiːz ˈeɪlmənts, mɔːɹtˈælᵻɾi dˈeɪɾə fɹʌmðə pˈiəɹɪəd ʃˈoʊz ðˈæt, ɛksˈɛpt dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ˌɛpɪdˈɛmɪks, ðə mˈoʊst kˈɑːmən kˈɔːz ʌv dˈɛθ wʌz lˈʌŋ ɐflˈɪkʃənz.
In a time before there were medications to treat these ailments, mortality data from the period shows that, except during epidemics, the most common cause of death was lung afflictions.