> medieval people didn't have to understand microbiology to know that beer was s...

		riffraff on May 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Myth of Medieval Small Beer (2017) > medieval people didn't have to understand microbiology to know that beer was safer to drink what did they need to understand? At various points in history people thought it was a good idea to drink mercury or use dung to cure toothache.