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Strange History – The Bizarre World of Victorian Hygiene

April 2, 2021April 2, 2021
Strange History – The Bizarre World of Victorian Hygiene

As long as there have been bodies, there has been a need to CLEAN those bodies. At some points in history, water was thought to be dangerous and bathing would make you “foul sick” – a common saying was a bath when you were born and one when you died was all you needed. Victorian

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