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| Something I have read very little on but have often wondered about is the state of people's health in the Neolithic. If I think back to the things that ailed me growing up, I can remember the usual coughs and colds but also more specifically ear infections, stomach bugs, tonsillitis and a very nasty bout of glandular fever which severley affected my liver function. Without proper care some of these things could be fatal. If we imagine a small community living, say, somewhere in the Avebury region, are we to imagine they spent most of their lives in some kind of pain? Or were my ailments as a child probably more to do with modern environmental factors and therefore not something that perhaps the more "hardy" immune system (I'm guessing) of a Neolithic person would suffer from? And what about mental health? Impossible to know of course, but as we, as a society, become more aware of the very many people in this country coping with mental health issues, whether this was always so? Or perhaps worse? It is tempting to believe a more "natural" way of life would mean better general health, but is that the case? Would a Neolithic society even have been "standardised" enough to recognise those types of ailment in any way? Again, would like to hear any thoughts people might have as the area is something I've not looked into bar reading about the ailments of some of the people found in WKLB (bone disease) and a general occurrence of arthritis in many skeletons discovered. Reply | with quote |  18th September 2012ce 08:09 4 replies: Re: Which doctor? Oh no, he's fully qualified.. (tjj) Re: Which doctor? Oh no, he's fully qualified.. (moss) Re: Which doctor? Oh no, he's fully qualified.. (thesweetcheat) Re: Which doctor? Oh no, he's fully qualified.. (harestonesdown) |
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