If you want something relatively fast acting: cholera.
You can survive cholera if you get enough clean water and electrolytes in you to replace the loss. (This was not known until much later.) It's transmitted via contaminated water supplies. (Also not known until much later.)
So a wealthy person being taken care of in bed with different servants feeding them tea and soft food and other servants dealing with the chamberpot is much more likely to survive.
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Date: 2025-02-24 01:33 pm (UTC)You can survive cholera if you get enough clean water and electrolytes in you to replace the loss. (This was not known until much later.) It's transmitted via contaminated water supplies. (Also not known until much later.)
So a wealthy person being taken care of in bed with different servants feeding them tea and soft food and other servants dealing with the chamberpot is much more likely to survive.