25 Facts About The Victorian Era That Will Make You Glad You Weren't Born Then
Nathan Johnson
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03/07/2018
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The Victorian upper and middle-class folks entertained themselves by playing dress up. -
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Poorhouses housed people who were mentally sick, not just people who were poor. -
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In those days, hospitals weren't reserved for wealthy people, but for the poor instead. -
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The chances of dying on the operating table increased during the Victorian age. -
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Surgeons in the Victorian age didn't have an issue wearing the blood of their patients. -
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Surgery was not really seen as being part of the medical field, but rather something else. -
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Surgeons in the Victorian age didn't order someone to suction the blood off during surgery. -
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They took photos, and lots of them, of the people they loved, even after they were deceased. -
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There was a clear advantage of taking photos of the dead, a practice which existed long before this age. -
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In some cases, the dead didn't seem life-like, so photographers did the following to change that. -
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It often took the death of a loved one to get everyone together to take a family photo. -
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Egyptian burial rituals were extremely fascinating to people in the Victorian age, and in the 1900s. -
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London fog, caused by pollution existed, so Victorians wore black to counter this problem. -
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The concept of sex among people had society rules that didn't really make a lot of sense. -
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Fasting was virtually considered an Olympic sport among most Victorian women in those days. -
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Bathing was not really considered to be a thing that you really had to do in Victorian times. -
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You'd think that Victorian people would love makeup, but they actually thought it was a bit tacky. -
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The mourning period during Victorian times varied based on who the person was in their lives. -
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Taphophobia, which is the fear of being buried alive, was common during the Victorian age. -
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Improving your skin came with some seriously dangerous risks back in those days. -
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To achieve a 14-inch waist, some Victorian women resorted to using uncomfortable corsets. -
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Nipple piercing was actually quite popular in the late nineteenth century, but only for women. -
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When doctors diagnosed women with hysteria, they would find an unusual way to cure them. -
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If you felt sick, you could enjoy the effects of hydrotherapy but only if you were rich. -
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Food was downright creepy when it came to the Victorian era and you won't believe what they ate.
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