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Medieval hardships (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by nifty to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 5 months ago (8 children)

I always remind myself that way back then .... if you happened to cut yourself badly, there was a high likelihood that you could lose a limb or die from infection. They had treatments for stuff and they could be careful but all you needed was a chance infection (that is easily protected against today) and you could end up severely affecting your life or dying.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Hell, even half of their "treatments" ended up making the problem worse or killing you even quicker

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

One common treatment for chickenpox was to drill a hole in the skull. Shockingly this wasn't very helpful

[–] SandmanXC 9 points 5 months ago

No patient complaints were registered, so it couldn't have been that bad either.

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