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My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts) Wed Feb 4, 2015, 09:48 AM Feb 2015

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Deadly Miasma of Night

In the 19th century, people believed poisonous exhalations escaped from their pores at night. Twin beds were recommended, even for married couples to provide some protection against the deadly miasma. One “expert” calculated that 40% of deaths in the United States were related to these imaginary fumes.

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Deadly Miasma of Night (Original Post) My Good Babushka Feb 2015 OP

It seems like that sort of thinking lasted at least into the late 1950s, Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #1

well considering how often they got to bathe magical thyme Feb 2015 #2

miasma = good word. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #3

Who knew Huckabee and Rand Paul were alive back then? malthaussen Feb 2015 #4

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

1. It seems like that sort of thinking lasted at least into the late 1950s,

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2015, 09:56 AM

Feb 2015

judging from all the bedroom scenes in movies of that era where the husband and wife always slept apart.

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)

2. well considering how often they got to bathe

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2015, 10:02 AM

Feb 2015

they probably were right.

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

3. miasma = good word.

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2015, 12:30 PM

Feb 2015

malthaussen

(17,216 posts)

4. Who knew Huckabee and Rand Paul were alive back then?

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2015, 03:15 PM

Feb 2015

It occurs to me that there is a movement in the US to take us back to the 19th century not just socially, but scientifically as well.

-- Mal

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