Disgusting Hygiene Practices From The Wild West

Definite Diseases

With healthcare and medicines easily accessible in today’s world, it is very rare to come across multiple people who have the same disease. In the Wild West, however, having a disease was inevitable. Large groups of people suffered from the same condition. The unhygienic conditions made it easy for germs to spread around. Cholera was the most common disease among the people. This was mainly due to the contamination of food and water among the people. A settlement that didn’t have a disease outbreak was hard to find.