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enfiel t1_jeb92vw wrote

Oh yeah? Then why have I heard so many WWI stories where doctors recommended injured people to get more sunlight?

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SeanG909 t1_jebitm3 wrote

Well there's also some sense to it. Vitamin D deficiency is a persistent issue in the UK and Ireland, and isn't conducive to an ideal healthy status.

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ImJustStandingHere t1_jec6k54 wrote

Because of Niels Ryberg Finsen, who began studying the effect of sunlight on health around the 1890's.

Coco Chanel might have helped popularize it, but it was already underway

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enfiel t1_jee1bls wrote

Or what's more likely is Coco lied to make herself look better like all those fashion poseurs do.

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whitebean t1_jebgc9b wrote

Duh, because it was still for poor people at the time.

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