Bonjour again, this time from Lyon, France. We’re staying in an incredible sixteenth century building on a very narrow cobbled street in the old part of the city. Here’s the street–just out of the frame, on the left, would be… Read More
From as early as the fourteenth century, laws were passed forbidding shopkeepers in many European cities (notably Paris and London) to call out their wares. So to attract customers (many of whom could not read), shopkeepers put up huge shop… Read More
Up to a quarter of women who gave birth in hospitals in Europe and America in the 17th through the 19th centuries died of puerperal fever. It's an infection that could most likely have been prevented by doctors and nurses washing their hands.