When did humans first start to worry about germs? Have health and beauty always gone hand in hand and when did cleanliness become synonymous with Godliness? Jenni is joined by Virginia Smith, author of ‘Clean – a History of Personal Hygiene and Purity’ and Dr Valerie Curtis, Director of the Hygiene Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, to find out about our hygienic past.
Clean – a history of personal hygiene and purity by Virginia Smith is published by OUP.
ISBN 978-0-19-929779-5
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