
Boring History For Sleep | Medieval Hygiene: Dirt, Disease & Bad Ideas 🧼⚰️
Published 1/6/2026
🪣🕯️ Medieval hygiene was less about staying clean and more about not getting noticed. Baths were rare, water was suspicious, perfume replaced soap, and most people believed illness came from bad air rather than bacteria. From shared bathhouses to chamber pots and questionable medical advice,…
