Maiden defecating in a field. Antique Woodcut Published 1560 for the \Cosmographia\" by Sebastian Munster. The middle ages have a deserved reputation

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Maiden defecating in a field. Antique Woodcut Published 1560 for the \Cosmographia\" by Sebastian Munster. The middle ages have a deserved reputation for poor hygiene in the days before modern sewerage systems. Many diseases were passed in this way."

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Keywords: -, ages, artwork, control, cosmographia, defecation, disease, faeces, hygiene, illustration, medieval, middle, munster, sanitation, sewer, woman