Medieval monks were 'riddled with parasites'

ScienceDaily
Aug 18, 2022, 11:06 pm138 pts
Research examining traces of parasites in medieval Cambridge residents suggests that monks were almost twice as likely as ordinary townspeople to have intestinal worms -- despite monasteries of the period typically having far more sanitary facilities.

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