One meeting in 1893 received statistics concerning scarletina, typhoid fever, diphtheria, erysipelas, and smallpox. More specifically, observations of an apparent relationship between erysipelas and remission of cancer predate Coley. Additionally, it has long been recognized as a potential cause of cellulitis/erysipelas. He served as Speaker until 1817, when an attack of erysipelas compelled him to retire. On August 7, 1852, Rantoul died unexpectedly due to complications with erysipelas. He now suffered from erysipelas as well as sepsis in the nose. Avian cholera, pasteurellosis, and erysipelas are major threats. On Thursday, symptoms of erysipelas appeared under her right ear. The Duke of Sussex died, aged 70 of erysipelas, at Kensington Palace. A few days later, he was taken ill with facial erysipelas. With penicillin still undiscovered, infections such as Erysipelas are largely incurable. Other causes of death include scurvy (70 deaths), pneumonia (61 deaths) and erysipelas (47 deaths). His thesis was "De erysipelate contagioso" ("On contagious erysipelas"). Bailey died of erysipelas in 1906 at age 58. Erysipelas outbreaks have been reported in almost all poultry species.