03-19-2017, 10:31 AM
Appendicitis, cholera, TB, infections, small pox, bowel blockage, syphilis, brain swelling, microbes pre-Pastuerization and pre-refrigeration, dental decay causing infections: Today they are scary inconveniences. Back then you died. Painfully. If anything, Banished's herbalists makes life too rosy. The game play uses small families rather than large families experiencing many deaths (r/K selection theory).