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Sudden infant death syndrome, otherwise known as SIDS, sometimes called "cradle death," is the unexplained death of a seemingly healthy baby anywhere from birth to one year of age, typically in their sleep. Before the modern age, what did people think was happening when this phenomenon occurred?

by /u/Lexicorint in /r/AskHistorians

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