50+ Facts That Will Change the Way You Watch Netflix’s “Vikings”
Microbacteria Had Free Reign During the Vikings’ Age
The Viking Age may have been glorious in its conquests, yet it was also a period rife with medical challenges. Wounds sustained in battle were frequently infected, so minor injuries were all the more deadly. But warfare wasn’t the sole killer.
Many sagas and historical accounts detail Vikings succumbing to ailments like pneumonia, tuberculosis, and dysentery. Their rough lifestyle and limited medical understanding made them vulnerable to diseases we now deem easily treatable.
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