before modern medicine, how did medieval people live to their 80s? How did they survive common conditions that could result in death like open wound infection, tooth infection, diseases, unhygienic food and water?
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I know that many often boiled water and/or added a small amount of alcohol to water from almost any water source.
A ton of people died from what would now be considered minor infections and untreated ones, but just look up methods for treating infections back in the day.
Meats were often salted/smoked and many things were pickled in order to preserve foods.
Also, most spent their days working hard and eating foods (not packed with a bunch of unhealthy additives and ingredients) for sustenance.
We’ve changed genetically over time, too.
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