... before sun glasses and sunscreen was available. How did they prevent severe sunburns and snow blindness, especially when outside standing on the battlefield or doing agriculture?
hi! there's lots of room for more input on this, but meanwhile, here are a few previous posts to get started on
How did people back in the middle ages fight sunburn? featuring /u/FKAplanetpluto
500 years ago, what did people use as sun protection? Or was skin cancer a real struggle then? featuring /u/colevintage
How common was skin cancer among Caucasian farm workers before the invention of sunscreen? featuring /u/Whoosier