In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.
Q: Sentence 1:While recovering from that experience , but still weak , a doctor mistakenly prescribed a drug containing penicillin , to which Nye was known to be allergic . Sentence 2:As a result , he died on July 17 , 1971 , at the age of 78 .
A:
as a result