At the time, people did not know about bacteria and disease. People thought the disease was caught by breathing in “bad air”. So people were urged to leave warm places. They were also urged to stay indoors. This was bad because if the family was infected then the whole family would die. The people often believed clogging your pores would prevent disease but it in fact made it worse. Sleeping on your back was discouraged because it made it easier for bad air to get into your nose and lungs. And then you would DIE! Dun Dun DUUUN! Exercising? Forget about it! Then you had to breathe hard. Some people carried herbs by their noses when they walked. Ultimately, all these methods failed because the theory of “bad air” was wrong.
Woman picking herbs for her family
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They sure didn't know a lot about disease back then. They were way off! I can't believe that they carried herbs by their noses and didn't sleep on their backs because they thought that bad air was a cause for the disease.
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