Medically speaking, pretty much any city water at the time was pretty contaminated and undrinkable (no sewer system and no water purification). Wine or ale or mead were the safest.
On 8/26/14, 7:56 PM, "Anne Engelking Smith" ankleking@gmail.com wrote:
Wine was safer than water. Besides, they needed water to make beer!! πΊπ·
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On Aug 26, 2014, at 7:29 PM, Mike Godwin mnemonic@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/17/richard-iii-bone-study-king_n_56 85773.html
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