Don't forget that at that time sanitation practices in cities really sucked.
You threw your full chamber pot and garbage out the window and on to the street. Everybody drank from a common well. Nobody knew about how diseases spread (It was "black magic" or the wrath of God for your sins). Few people realize that one of the reasons we live so long today is because of the lowly toliet. -- Neil Johnson, N0SFH http://www.iowatelecom.net/~njohnsn http://www.njohnsn.com/ PGP key available on request.
