| Description |
358 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Summary |
In this gripping new history, Ashenburg searches for clean and dirty in plague-ridden streets, hospitals, battlefields and makeshift water closets. In the bizarre prescriptions of history's doctors, the eccentricities of famous bathers and the hygienic peccadilloes of writers we see the twists that have brought us to our own 'clean' |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [329]-333 |
| Subject |
Bathing customs -- History.
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Hygiene -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781846680953 hardback |
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1846680956 hardback |
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