CLST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Chamber Pot, Olive Oil, Scurvy
1 Jan 2018
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Thursday, october 26th: pollution, distemper, disease, and deformity, medicine. Air quality pollution: lamps burning with olive oil to produce light creates pollution in the form of smoke, open wall in a kitchen for ventilation. Athens was a dry country, water supply primarily came from springs, wells, reservoirs. Supply of water is unclear, se fountain house. Woman and the water vase: water vase (must be carried on one"s head) is an important part of the athenian household allows for women to fulfill their role. Fountain house was exclusive to women: collection of water was an exception to the standard that women must be kept unseen, hydro engineering in athens was inferior to that of rome. Mitten a literal pile of shit, sometimes removed by somebody. Draining system unsealed system the flowed to an outside river (cid:803) significant because it shows that contamination and disease was a high potential because of the lack of sanitation and primitive systems.
