# Were visible facial/body tumors common in medieval times?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-visible-facial-body-tumors-common-in-medieval-times/739294>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 3, 2015, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-visible-facial-body-tumors-common-in-medieval-times/739294 "2015-12-03T06:28:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-visible-facial-body-tumors-common-in-medieval-times/739294/21 "2015-12-04T04:35:09Z")

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> [@Nava](#):
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> Yeah, but when someone simply didn’t leave the house, that someone wouldn’t be in a crowd figure.

True, but we’re talking about an urban-legend-type gag concerning crowds at a fair. If severely disfigured people in Renaissance times simply wouldn’t have left the house, then there’s nothing “lacking verisimilitude” about not seeing such people at a modern Renaissance Faire, either.

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