Medical Procedures
In today’s day and age, everything in a hospital is sanitized; back in these days, though, that was definitely not the case. Scalpels and surgical instruments were re-used all the time and were cleaned simply by soaking them in, yes, you guessed it, urine.
Medical Procedures
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Washing Hands
In most average homes there wasn’t usually anywhere to wash your hands before or after eating, especially not with soap. This means people were eating with already-dirty hands and also not cleansing afterward. Talk about germs.
Washing Hands
