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24 April 2024

27 March 2024

  • 21:3821:38, 27 March 2024 diff hist +38 HygieneRemoved an unattested and overly specific claim ("pagans (who?) had a custom of women bathing naked in front of the men"). The cited source refers to

11 March 2024

  • 20:2220:22, 11 March 2024 diff hist −7 Hygiene→‎Europe: Finalized flow of hygiene history in Europe. There is now a coherent historical narrative spanning antiquity to modernity Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 18:1318:13, 11 March 2024 diff hist −486 Hygiene→‎Europe: Further improved editorial quality (changed order and added subheadings) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 13:0713:07, 11 March 2024 diff hist +183 Hygiene→‎Europe: Added an example of a medieval bathing regulation in Paris with reference; Removed another unsabstianted claim on the church viewing bathing as spreading immorality and disease Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 12:2312:23, 11 March 2024 diff hist −2 Hygiene→‎Europe: Fixed typo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 12:2212:22, 11 March 2024 diff hist −679 Hygiene→‎Europe: Improved flow. Removed a claim that Roman Church Officials banned public bathing in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent syphilis epidemics from sweeping Europe. The cited source does not provide a reference for this claim. As public bathing was a widespread practice in the European Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the alleged ban would have to apply to a very specific region in Europe. Even then, it would hardly be considered representative of European bathing practices of that per... Tags: references removed Mobile edit Mobile web edit

10 March 2024

3 March 2024

  • 20:5420:54, 3 March 2024 diff hist −227 Pseudopodospermum hispanicum→‎History: The cited source states on page 323 that scorzonera is believed to be an antidote against venomous animal bites and references a primary source from the 16th century. However, it states nowhere that (1) the root was consumed by Celtic or Germanic tribes or (2) that it also was considered an to be an antidote against the bubonic plague. Furthermore, a similar claim already appeared at the begining of this paragraph. Hence, I removed the second (redundant) claim with aforemention... Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

2 March 2024