Some folks eat roosters...just not us western folks.
I'm sure all things existed back then... they just didn't know what to call it. It's just hard to diagnose lukemia with a leech.
I was actually going to say "arthritis symptoms", but I thought you guys could figure it out. Apparently not. Of course, they did not call arthritis arthritis back then.
Uh, except cocks are roosters and since we don't eat roosters I'd venture to guess there's a WHOLE lot less roosters than chickens in the world.
So, what you're really trying to say is no one had swelling or joint pain or any other symptoms we now associate with arthritis 400 years ago? You don't seriously believe that or expect anyone else to, do you?
St. Patrick was definitely not Irish. He was most likely British.
SAme goes for da Bears