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Just like people living today, the Medievals had a huge number of diseases doing the rounds. So, what illnesses did people face back then? Surprisingly, many of them are the same as ones we deal with today. The difference wasn’t the diseases themselves, it was the fact that the Medievals had no vaccinations, antibiotics, or modern medicines, so recovery often depended on rest, the strength of the patient’s own body and a whole lot of luck. Let’s travel back to the Middle Ages and take a look dean harrison at medieval diseases, the ‘cures’ that did or in most cases didn’t work and ask the big question; did getting sick in the Middle Ages mean certain death?
0:00 Introduction
0:58 Hot Stuff
03:35 Blind Spot
05:29 The Love Bug
06:33 G.O.A.T.
08:31 Dead Man Walking
10:07 Royal Blood
11:47 What A Waste
Narrated by James Wade
Written by Lisa E Rawcliffe
Edited by Jamit Productions
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