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Summary
Presents facts about the lack of sanitation, personal hygiene, dental care, antibiotics, and insecticides in eighteenth-century America and the unfortunate results this had on everyday living conditions. Full description
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the yucky past
- The smells
- The bugs
- The medicines
- The clothes and hair
- Conclusions
- Glossary
- Selected bibliography
- Further reading
- Places to visit
- Index.