All The Afflictions You Might Have If You Lived In A Medieval City

Life in the Middle Ages was dangerous. Whether living in a communal setting, fighting abroad, or simply tending a field, there were numerous challenges that could bring it all to an end. Life inside a castle or a monastery may have offered some protection, but you were just as exposed to horrible, contagious diseases as everyone else.
#Disease #MedievalSociety #WeirdHistory

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Amazing that anyone at all ever survived that time period 😬

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They didn't. They're all dead 😶🥸

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The Middle age wasnt as bad and dirty and deadly as we make it out to be nowadays really. People still lived well, and not only rich people

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I think the average age was just over 30 but childhood was the biggest risk. If you made it to 25, then you could expect to live into your 40’s, a little more if you were nobility or clergy, less if you were a peasant.

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Some of the hysteria from the Salem Witch trials has been attributed to "ergotism"...otherwise known as: "tripping sac".

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Whats that

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@@Timmering the fungal infected grain, that have the effect similar with lsd

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I was very suprised he didn’t mention that when talking about ergotism

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[@patrickwilliamson29]

Would love to hear something about STIs in the medieval times, great videos mate

[@msatxgault560]

Syphilis. Knob rot

[@thebigpicture2032]

Syphilis was king.

[@patrickwilliamson29]

You guys realise there other STIs than syphilis during the medieval times? Jesus, read a book

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They were still made by Subaru, even then

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[@dvdv8197]

Now: "Work hard, play hard." Back then: "Work hard, plague hard."

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Love how you pointed out the interactions between religion, culture and health in this video. 👍🏽👍🏽

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[@amyfisher6380]

My father, a doctor, taught us this ridiculous bit of doggerel: “TB or not TB, that is congestion. Consumption be done about it? Of cough, of cough!”

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That is epic, your father was a genius! :D

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@@NubsWithGuns No. I’m an imposter. ;-)

[@btetschner]

These disease/plague topics are award-winning videos. Whoever makes them is the pre-eminent genius on the topic. They are unforgettable too! Thank you for the video.

[@bobgunter9608]

I’d like a longer series on the Black Death The great mortality is a great source it talks about how each country dealt with the plague it’s very fascinating

[@cherrypink1108]

Yea we always hear about Middle Europe but surely other countries had bouts no?

[@bobgunter9608]

@@cherrypink1108 Most interesting thing is How it came from the silk trail and the originator of the plague was the tarragon bargain marmot

[@Hypestrike1]

Caitlin Doughty: "The Middle Ages were magic." Weird History: "Hold my brewed ale...."

[@garethtipton659]

Would love to hear a video about medieval contraception. I'm assuming poultices were involved!

[@mariekatherine5238]

Condoms were made of sheep’s intestines, and there were wooden pessaries for women. There were all sorts of horrid abortion inducing concoctions. I think I’d have become a nun! There was also the pull out technique. It probably worked as well as it does today.

[@inthelandofmorethansmall7582]

Yeah they also used "timing". So they'd avoid having sex until at least a week after their period - when most women are no longer fertile. They also used dried cat poop. They placed it inside the woman before sex. Idk how well that worked though. But they also had teas. Black and red cohosh and other herbs could help increase or decrease fertility depending on the amount and what else they were mixed with. And of course they also breastfed. Which we all know is supposed to lower your fertility, too.

[@gtt720]

In the days of old when knights were bold and condoms weren't invented, They'd wrap their socks around their c**ks, and babies were prevented. Okay, maybe that humor's a little unbalanced.

[@mentor397]

I'm barely alive now. In medieval times, even my ghost would be dead. And his ghost'd be sick as hell and then die.

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[@ivareskesner2019]

Another worrying affliction was Twoimbism. Named after Twoimb Pullbuckle. It was mostly characterised by forgetting to finish one's sent

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Clever😅

[@katherinel8661]

I’d like to know more about feminine hygiene during these times, if there is indeed any records in relation to it.

[@jacobmontgomery513]

Thats somthing I wonder about too,not onley in ancient times but what it was like for american indians or women in the west during pioneer times.

[@redstateforever]

@Alias Fakename I read somewhere that modern women have an average of 200! more periods in their lives than women did back in the day. Really, until effective birth control became widely available (a fairly recent development), a married woman could expect to be pregnant a LOT. A child every 12-18 months wasn’t unusual. Add in breastfeeding, and that’s a lot of missed periods. I’m sure it was awful for them when they did have one, poor things. No tampons, Advil or chocolate. Just shoot me!

[@P3rmissionD3ni3d]

@@redstateforever our life span is longer tho so wouldn’t that account for the extra periods ?

[@redstateforever]

@@P3rmissionD3ni3d Maybe some. But average lifespan was low in the past because it’s weighed down by so much infant and child mortality. If you made it to 5 or so and survived all the childhood diseases (measles, scarlet fever, etc), you had a good chance of living into old age, certainly past menopause. So, we’d still have about the same number of reproductive years as them, say from 12 til menopause.

[@evoandy]

I’m pretty sure they just stuffed wool up there When their time came.

[@fretboy5028]

I am not convinced anyone survived the middle ages.

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Wow! This is the most well expressed, well pronunciated, insightful and humorous video I've seen on your site. Really big congratulations! About leprosy: It didn't affect your intellect so, if you were lucky enough to have others speak for you, or speak yourself without being seen, you could still rule a country or your family.

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Whole lotta people yearning for these good old days to return.

[@jungefrau]

I feel like living in the Middle Ages may have been so bad that if you died in infancy you were the lucky one.

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That Bubonic Plague sounds like a scary experience.

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[@raeandringa7260]

I feel like it would have been worth mentioning that the horrible ostracizing of Hanson's Disease (leprosy) victims is still an extreme problem. The disease is fairly difficult to catch, and yet the stigma still leads to total shunning, rather than genuine help.

[@pinkbombshellcasing2672]

I feel that it’s also worth mentioning this is not a typical “western” culture stigma, as leprosy is mostly eradicated and very treatable. Except for one place in the US. Hawaii, where for more than 150 years, the island of Molokai in Hawaii was home to thousands of leprosy victims who gradually built up their own community and culture. As of 2015, six leprosy patients still live on the island, where they have elected to stay. The stigma and discrimination most cultivates in places such as India, Brazil, China, etc, where leprosy is more prevalent. Leprosy victims continue to isolate themselves due to traditional ostracism in their communities. The problem is particularly pronounced in India, where more than 700 informal leper colonies still exist.

[@qienna6677]

Yes, Leprosy is still happening, particularly in third world countries and organisations such as the Leprosy Mission are fighting to eradicate it. People can be so ashamed and stigmatised they don't always seek medical help from such organisations and the physical deformities afterwards have a lasting impact, once they are cured.

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It would have strange to live at a time when your cousin's medical advice was probably safer than what you got from a doctor. Of course, neither charged enough to send someone to bankruptcy court.

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I’m still chuckling! Brilliant presentation!

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I'd love a video about the history of bloodletting!

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Could you do a piece on humours ? I’ve always been fascinated by this. Dysentery came back into view during the Great War and WW II. Sounds absolutely horrible!

[@TinekeWilliams]

I remember TB was rife in the 40s when I was born. I remember the schools were closed and a girl down the street got it. My mother’s in laws always said feed the children well as it hits the malnourished first. Syphilis was rife in the 50/60 as well. No antibiotic

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Certainly had treatment for syphilis in the 1950s and 60s

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There were certainly antibiotics in the 50s.

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I thought my sinusitis I’m having is a serious sickness… until I watched this XD Anyhow, great video, as always.

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[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

Scropula is the coolest name for a disease.

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@@isabellind1292 I kinda like scropula better. It sounds like a cross between scrotum and spatula.

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It comes from “ brood sow/ pig

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Love the jokes as well as the voice. Thank you

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So being reminded of the plague always cheers a man up,...

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[@yagsipcc287]

The black plauge came after what was is known as the medieval warm period it was around 1.5-2 degrees warmer globally it last around 160-180 years it saw warmer weather, longer days and massive number in people in the world because food was able to grow for longer, with brighter and warmer days this is when there was also a huge jump in art being done as life became easier in terms of getting food, large more complex buildings came about when it ended days were shorter and cooler art stopped, people became weaker, more illnesses as there was less food to be had with the shorter and cooler days. People became malnourished and died easier from all sorts of things.

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loved it...the program not the disease.

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[@AndrewOnYoutube]

Oh man, history was rough

[@arnolddavies6734]

Life in the Middle Ages seems horrific. So grateful to have been born in the 20th century.

[@TinekeWilliams]

I had enough in the past 50 years! Hope to never be reborn!

[@nativebae]

“…digging at the damaged area” *I gasped*

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Staph. Staph from a simple scratch in that filthy environment would scare me the most.

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Nice

[@joelm3142]

Can you do a video about hygiene in the Islamic golden age

[@slystone4892]

Such a relief o wasn’t born at those horrible times.

[@CatswithGuns1]

Oh I’m sure you probably were you just can’t remember ! be thankful for that!!

[@TheRiverPirate13]

I love the humor and references to places in Central Florida in the video. Lol! I assume the narrator of the video lives there. I live in St Augustine and there is a lot of Cemetaries with people buried who died of Yellow Fever epidemics back in 1800's. That epidemic was caused by a boat with an infected crew coming from Cuba.

[@monkeygraborange]

All things considered, it’s a miracle anyone survived at all!

[@HickeyXC]

Hate to break it to you, but they're all dead.

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The history of holland ! Im soo curious

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Love you’re sarcasm 😂. Made me laugh !! thx ! Also love you’re Chanel

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Damn your sarcasm is hot. Especially at 8:58 (; It's like you're a mixture of James Woods and Better Call Saul. (;

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Wow! Just wow! 😳

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That GnR reference was enough to make me spit out my coffee.

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As a muslim i appreciate you pronouncing islamic names properly

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Zefrank should narrate some of these, especially when talking about bebehs.

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That crack about Van Halen was so unexpected! 😂 Fun Fact: Gary Cherone was also one half Extreme, of “More Than Words” fame.

[@notoriouswhitemoth]

When the Bible talked about lepers being unclean, what it meant is that they're _contagious_ - somehow there are people who still don't get that and misinterpret it as some kind of moral judgment.

[@catsberry4858]

"unclean" just means you can get diseases/ailments from it, yes :)

[@Cafeallday222]

I was always confused about all the leper stuff as a teen but I figured that “unclean” just mean they were sick 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@JNeil1975]

Yes, but the old Jewish purity system associated sickness and disease with being sinful, with judgement and punishment. They avoided anyone who was considered "contaminated" or unclean. So it goes far beyond just being contagious.

[@notoriouswhitemoth]

@@JNeil1975 as several people have already pointed out, uncleanness was first and foremost a matter of hygiene. The reason the sick were isolated wasn't to shame or control them, that's literally the reasoning of anti-maskers. They isolated the sick for the same reason we do now: to keep infections from spreading.

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Leopards are actually quite hygienic.

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The worst place to be at that time was in urban populated places, it would be 1000x safer to live in an isolated tribe in the wild

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I'd love to hear more about life in the 50's/60's.

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The snout-faced dude on the left @ 4:09 🤯

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I really enjoy watching your videos I watch at least one every morning before work, I was wondering if you have a video about the history of showers, showering..

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I kinda wish they talked about Malaria, it was a horrible issue especially in the marshes and low lands of eruope.

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Please make a video about Emma Goldman!

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Metal artwork!

[@WildWinterberry]

We have no business still saying life is short

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10:40 Couldn't find a stock photo of a VCR?

[@amandahawes3154]

did the treatments ever work and what were they?

[@ABeautfulMess]

All I can think is "Bring out your dead"..it's a great movie

[@danemassie3750]

Being human seems to be the worst affliction in middle evil times

[@Rob-qv8hi]

Dysentery....it's a shitty experience

[@steveaustin5399]

No shitt!

[@isabellind1292]

How did you pull that off? I tried typing in "dumba**" (to a lame commenter) and got a warning from YT to either edit it or else...man alive, they're so touchy! I don't even know what dog breeding videos do anymore since they get the same warning if they dare use the word "bi*ch" when referring to the female of the species!

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How about a vid on Barber-Surgeons

[@isabellind1292]

Or Sweeney Todd! The Demon Barber of Fleet Street!🔪💈

[@brianedwards7142]

This is why, when people ask if I would like to live in another time I say I don't want to go out of reach of working antibiotics and morphine should I need them.

[@catsberry4858]

me can't wait 👌🏼✌🏼👋🏼

[@misskelly9184]

The googling of mid evil hygiene was hilarious 😂 surprise 🤣

[@neptunevibe]

The flux… lol! Leper and flux were cool!

[@dvdv8197]

6:01 "Wow, tough crowd!" You don't say. 😣😭