Stories from a medieval graveyard: worms, wounds, and wonky toes
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What We Learned About Intestinal Parasites
Gout was about two to three percent of the population in Cambridge. But in the Augustinian friars, it was 14%. And you were also looking at the parasites as well. So we found the eggs of roundworm and whitworm that are spread by feces getting onto your food and drink.
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