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What was the first health insurance company in America

WEBAccording to the Insurance Information Institute, in 1850 the Franklin Health Assurance Company of Massachusetts offered the first accident and health insurance.. …

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Are there any accounts of everyday life during the Black Death

WEBThere is a chronicle from the British Library which I will link to. It was written at the cathedral priory of Rochester between 1314 and 1350, and deals with everyday …

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What disease did Augustus recover from in 23 BC

WEBFrom A Dictionary of the Roman Empire by Matthew Bunson, in the section on Augustus, we learn that he suffered from health problems his whole life. While it does …

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Did the emperor Ashoka really build hospitals or is that a myth

WEB12. I've seen a lot of sources claiming that Emperor Ashoka (c. 268 to 232 BCE) of the Mauryan dynasty, the dynasty that ruled most of the Indian subcontinent in …

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What is the origin of 3 meals a day

WEBThe standard is 3 times a day, just as the English example described by the OP. Of course, more words exist for optional meals. – Pere. Sep 21, 2018 at 18:11. My …

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How many people in the US starved to death during the Great …

WEBAccording to my quick reading of the Life and death during the Great Depression by José A. Tapia Granadosa and Ana V. Diez Roux, the only noticeable increase of mortality was …

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Did the Romans pour wine down wells for health purposes

WEB15. I've heard some kind of story that after the Romans would conquer a new village or city, they would pour wine (or other alcohol?) down the wells to kill the bacteria …

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How were the cities of Milan and Bruges spared by the Black Death

WEBThe graphic may be inaccurate. Bruges appears to have been hit hard by the plague - the Obituary of the Hospital of Our Lady of Potterie in Bruges apparently …

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Why did people have so many children in Victorian times

WEBIn neither case did all the children survive to be adults. And that is one reason that people had large families in Victorian times. Child mortality rates were often …

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How did societies adapt to using alcohol to make water safer

WEB@BenCrowell 5% alcohol by volume is the mid range that you get in regular fermentation 7-8% being the cut off range without specialist yeast. While the original brewers must not …

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cultural history

WEBI think it is less common/general, and the reason why we see all around is more to do with the homogenisation of fashion trends than else. Long hair or whigs were …

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