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Poor hygeine and lack of medical knowledge caused many diseases in the Medieval period. The environment was extremely unsanitary, as proven by the open sewers and garbage dumped in the river Thames(in England). Some common diseases are listed below:

dysentery

malaria

diphtheria

flu

Typhoid

smallpox

leprosy

And an obvious one is the Black Plague- Caused by fleas carried by rats. The Black Plague took a third of England's population.

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