Using The Bathroom At Night
If you were to wake up in the middle of the night with the sudden urge to use the bathroom, it was likely that you’d just reach under your bed for your bedpan. After relieving yourself, you’d simply slide it back underneath your bed and go back to sleep. The next morning these bedpans were emptied out the window onto the streets.
Urine As An Antiseptic
This may come as a shock to most people, but back in these days, urine was used for a lot of things. Other than wine, urine was actually the most commonly used item that could double as an antiseptic. If you got a cut from something or got hurt in some way, urine was used to heal you.