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'Civilization' is a point of view, it would seem (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/did-people-in-the-middle-ages-throw-excrement-out-windows.html

Woodcut from 1489.

Most certainly not in the 1800s.

There are regions without sewerage who still do that shit (ha) today. As late as the 1940s it was noted that some lower-class Londoners were in the habit of defecating in the corners of rooms.

[โ€“] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I don't think a single woodcut depicting it can really be generalized for a wider or comnon practises.