Susanna presents "Reconsidering obstetric death and female fertility in Anglo-Saxon England" by D Sayer et al, DOI 10.1080/00438243.2013.799044. We talk about all the ways we would not survive without modern medicine, the excellent naming of King Ethelbert and the mysteries of coffins (dun dun duhhhh). As always we try to understand science well enough to explain it to our mums and key cat updates are provided.

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