What Was Hygiene Like In The Victorian Era?
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Date: 2022-12-29
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Muriel
I'm a little skeptical about some of this. I've read and still read children's books from that era, and many of the authors place great emphasis on bathing. In the Katy books, for instance, the author makes a point of Katy following a regime of daily sponge baths. The Anne books too depict the heroine as sweet smelling and clean. Some of the magazines at the time like, The Girl's Own, aimed at the lower and middle middle class, place a lot of stress on hygienic practices
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I'm a little skeptical about some of this. I've read and still read children's books from that era, and many of the authors place great emphasis on bathing. In the Katy books, for instance, the author makes a point of Katy following a regime of daily sponge baths. The Anne books too depict the heroine as sweet smelling and clean. Some of the magazines at the time like, The Girl's Own, aimed at the lower and middle middle class, place a lot of stress on hygienic practices
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Mary
The funny thing about eggs and vinegar for hair is that they were onto the right tracks. Egg yolks are rich in lechitin, which is an emulsifier - therefore emulsifying oil and dirt from the scalp with water to wash off with water. Vinegar wasn't used to clean the hair, but to condition it, as acid helps the hair cuticle to close. Most modern conditioners have citric acid in them to do the same thing victorian people used vinegar for.
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The funny thing about eggs and vinegar for hair is that they were onto the right tracks. Egg yolks are rich in lechitin, which is an emulsifier - therefore emulsifying oil and dirt from the scalp with water to wash off with water. Vinegar wasn't used to clean the hair, but to condition it, as acid helps the hair cuticle to close. Most modern conditioners have citric acid in them to do the same thing victorian people used vinegar for.
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ErectileReptile
You know you cant wash yourself for shit without running water. And most Victorians were poor, so it makes perfect sense. You people seem to have a hard time understanding that. Greeks and Romans had public baths for the rich and poor. Bathing was considered a wealthy activity in medieval Europe. Ones own hygiene was determined by tyrant kings and queens, like Victoria herself, but thats never mentioned in the video.
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You know you cant wash yourself for shit without running water. And most Victorians were poor, so it makes perfect sense. You people seem to have a hard time understanding that. Greeks and Romans had public baths for the rich and poor. Bathing was considered a wealthy activity in medieval Europe. Ones own hygiene was determined by tyrant kings and queens, like Victoria herself, but thats never mentioned in the video.
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anthony
If there was a lot more respect back then then you can tell by their faces, people were humble. You don't get that today or the world would be much brighter so make everyday count for today or tomorrow it could be your last. Death comes like a thief plucking people from the planet and death is no respecter of age.
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If there was a lot more respect back then then you can tell by their faces, people were humble. You don't get that today or the world would be much brighter so make everyday count for today or tomorrow it could be your last. Death comes like a thief plucking people from the planet and death is no respecter of age.
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Montague
How to Be a Victorian is a great book that talks about the eras hygiene. The vinegar and rosemary water are stringent and were used to wash off the excess oil in your scalp. They worked to an extent, as the hygienic person was expected to wash their hair once a week.
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How to Be a Victorian is a great book that talks about the eras hygiene. The vinegar and rosemary water are stringent and were used to wash off the excess oil in your scalp. They worked to an extent, as the hygienic person was expected to wash their hair once a week.
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Haji2nd
Wow! We often take for granted how good medical care and hygiene is these days! We have vaccines, plumbing, soap, toothpaste, real dentists, the Mayo clinic, wow! So much better than having to brush your teeth with celery, or cleaning hair with eggs and vinegar!
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Wow! We often take for granted how good medical care and hygiene is these days! We have vaccines, plumbing, soap, toothpaste, real dentists, the Mayo clinic, wow! So much better than having to brush your teeth with celery, or cleaning hair with eggs and vinegar!
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M.
One of my favorite simple pleasures is soaking in a bathtub with hot water and soap. As a woman who hates body odors, I can't imagine life without it. This video makes me feel so thankful the Creator chose to place me in the 21st century! Thank you for sharing.
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One of my favorite simple pleasures is soaking in a bathtub with hot water and soap. As a woman who hates body odors, I can't imagine life without it. This video makes me feel so thankful the Creator chose to place me in the 21st century! Thank you for sharing.
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David
Health remedies are just as ludacris these days, too. Like being injected with deadly poison that makes all your hair fall out. chemo. People still fall for that treatment everyday even though most people who die WITH cancer, die FROM the chemo.
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Health remedies are just as ludacris these days, too. Like being injected with deadly poison that makes all your hair fall out. chemo. People still fall for that treatment everyday even though most people who die WITH cancer, die FROM the chemo.
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Bullyguy
ottoman empire was the best place to live at that time. Media doesn't want to show it but it is a fact. Muslim cities were the cleanest of them all. Religious muslims clean themselves at least a couple times turing the day.
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ottoman empire was the best place to live at that time. Media doesn't want to show it but it is a fact. Muslim cities were the cleanest of them all. Religious muslims clean themselves at least a couple times turing the day.
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THIS
I like the Victorian Era and this era was and eternally a mystery to me. There are stinky people everywhere and in every single generation through out time and sorry if my comment hurts anybody's feelings too.
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I like the Victorian Era and this era was and eternally a mystery to me. There are stinky people everywhere and in every single generation through out time and sorry if my comment hurts anybody's feelings too.
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Kevin
This was mercifully brief. Since, now, I now have an overwhelming urge to take a shower after soaking in bleach, then change clothes. I wonder if this era was the origin of the phrase piss and vinegar.
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This was mercifully brief. Since, now, I now have an overwhelming urge to take a shower after soaking in bleach, then change clothes. I wonder if this era was the origin of the phrase piss and vinegar.
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Oliviux78
You kind of explained this but why did everyone in the United States say that the people in Europe had bad teeth in the 1900s? Didnt the people in the United States have the same dental hygiene?
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You kind of explained this but why did everyone in the United States say that the people in Europe had bad teeth in the 1900s? Didnt the people in the United States have the same dental hygiene?
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WhiteTrashRob
Does anyone know the name of the painting shown at 8: 59 (the man sitting next to the sick woman in the bed) or the name of the artist who painted? Any help is much appreciated.
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Does anyone know the name of the painting shown at 8: 59 (the man sitting next to the sick woman in the bed) or the name of the artist who painted? Any help is much appreciated.
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Joel
Humorous because my grandmothers both grew up on farms without indoor plumbing. Just eighty years ago. My maternal grandmother didnt even have electricity. They used carbide lamps.
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Humorous because my grandmothers both grew up on farms without indoor plumbing. Just eighty years ago. My maternal grandmother didnt even have electricity. They used carbide lamps.
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Beatriz
I still soak my hair with water and vinegar. My mother does that, so does my grandmother and so did her mother. Doing this after shower does the hair very very shiny and smooth
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I still soak my hair with water and vinegar. My mother does that, so does my grandmother and so did her mother. Doing this after shower does the hair very very shiny and smooth
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Wallace
Us Natives knew they were a dirty society, apparently we could smell them before we could see them! And I always remind them that they were calling US the savages.
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Us Natives knew they were a dirty society, apparently we could smell them before we could see them! And I always remind them that they were calling US the savages.
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Joeymonster
The miasma theory was made by ancient Greek scholars in the 5th century BC. Most of the world believed in the Miasma theory, not just victorian europeans
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The miasma theory was made by ancient Greek scholars in the 5th century BC. Most of the world believed in the Miasma theory, not just victorian europeans
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Looby
This only relates to those with money. The poor which made up the majority of the population, lived in slums and filth. Still very interesting though
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This only relates to those with money. The poor which made up the majority of the population, lived in slums and filth. Still very interesting though
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Juanita
I always wondered what it would be like, to have lived in the Victorian times, to wear those long beautiful dresses, but not so much now! Lol
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I always wondered what it would be like, to have lived in the Victorian times, to wear those long beautiful dresses, but not so much now! Lol
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Jamie
Old people: Back in my day, we didn't-.
Nope, gramps. Back in your day, you peed on clothes to clean them. You're not talking down on me.
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Old people: Back in my day, we didn't-.
Nope, gramps. Back in your day, you peed on clothes to clean them. You're not talking down on me.
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