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Blacksmiths, farmers, stonemasons… hard labor in the premodern times was brutal. How would a peasant laborer in… say France, 100 years war period deal with a repetitive trauma/orthopedic injury like a rotator cuff tear, slipped disk, carpal tunnel or torn meniscus? We’re they screwed?

by /u/StevenSegalsNipples in /r/AskHistorians

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