Posted on 08/26/2022 7:07:33 AM PDT by FarCenter
A new analysis of remains from medieval Cambridge shows that local Augustinian friars were almost twice as likely as the city’s general population to be infected by intestinal parasites.
This is despite most Augustinian monasteries of the period having latrine blocks and hand-washing facilities, unlike the houses of ordinary working people.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Archaeology say the difference in parasitic infection may be down to monks manuring crops in friary gardens with their own faeces, or purchasing fertiliser containing human or pig excrement.
The study, published today in the International Journal of Paleopathology, is the first to compare parasite prevalence in people from the same medieval community who were living different lifestyles, and so might have differed in their infection risk.
(Excerpt) Read more at cam.ac.uk ...
And THIS would be a valid use for Ivermectin.
Haha, is that really such a mystery? lol
What did you expect after the Diet of Worms?
Medieval monks were riddled with worms
Wow. You, sir, are a champion.
Maybe they ate their pig medium rare?
Monk Pox?
After events of the last 2 years I am fairly certain I have no problems with worms.
DC is riddled with worms.
Ah, Pork Tartare, the classic Polish dish.
It’s estimated that 60% of the homosexual population today has the same worms they contracted by having their mouths where a mouth was not meant to go. Hmmm...
Oh my gosh! How much was spent for such a ridiculous ‘study’.
ICWYDT
Also,what sort of treatment would be available? Loads of modern folk get “infected”, but with treatment available who would ever know but them?
Animal feces dry up and the particles become airborne.
As people breathe it in it can lead to a large assortment of health problems.
Before the age of oil and electric power animal feces were all over the landscape in the cities, towns, and farms.
Just removing horse feces from the streets in the cities was a big and never ending job.
"Exposure to Animal Feces and Human Health: A Systematic Review and Proposed Research Priorities"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5647569/#:~:text=Exposure%20to%20animal%20feces%20has,enteric%20dysfunction%2C%20and%20growth%20faltering.
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Well, they did like riddles.
This sort of archaeology is very valuable. It can explain why events transpired, or what was it that actually happened. You will find some of this in, say, “The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization”, Ward-Perkins.
This is an examination of all sorts of archaeology (middens, potsherds, ruins, etc.) that documents the extreme declines in material culture, the collapse of trade and manufacturing, and impoverishment of diets, as well as massive population collapse. If you want to understand the Fall of Rome, I suggest that this book is as essential as that of the works of Edward Gibbon.
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