This is an awkard question. About shakespeare?

Question

ppl in shakespearen time thought that all diseases rsulted frm stink what exactly did women do to safeguard themselves from this????

Answer 1

People carried posies, wore scent etc...If you ever read about the plague, the doctors wore bird-like masks & filled the "beaks" with scented herbs to prevent breathing in dangerous vapours they believed caused disease. They often burned incense as well while visiting the ill.

Answer 2

I think this is a stupid question.I think that you should ask about Shakespeare` s operas, his creation because this is much more important.Women were much more strong and they learned to survive in every period.People!We are people not animals we have a brain we decide, we know to help ourselfs and we know that is good or wrong.Women did everything that cold to safeguard themslefs with medicines, and plants and water.

Answer 3

More than one modern thinker has pointed out that all the smelly things Elizabethans wore to keep away from disease may have actually kept other people away from them - and therefore the vast majority of germs and parasites too.

Answer 4

My understanding is that both women and men would use large amounts of powder and perfume to cover up the smell of their unwashed flesh. They would also wear clothing that fit tightly and did not permit much air flow for their unique smells to escape. I could be wrong though.

Answer 5

As far as I know, lots of perfume.
They even wore hankies smothered in perfume under their arms and - in the days of ruffs - tucked up near their necks.

Answer 6

I have no idea, but I wonder if the guys went down on the ladies back then.

Answer 7

er, they bathed every two months. and probably used lots of perfume or cologne
and put handkerchiefs on their nose