How did people deal with sunburns before the modern era? What measures did people resort to in the past to prevent it? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

How did people deal with sunburns before the modern era? What measures did people resort to in the past to prevent it?

by Unnatural_Fruit

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This has been asked on r/AskHistorians several times:

How did people deal with sunburn during medieval times

How did people cope with sunburn before the time of sunscreen

Did Pirates get terrible sunburn & skin cancer due to overexposure

How did Roman Soldiers deal with sunburn?

How did people back in the middle ages fight sunburn?