Hygiene Collection (page 4)

Soap making, Marseilles, c.1880 (engraving)
1833661 Soap making, Marseilles, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Soap making: decoupage of Marseille soap. Engraving in: Great men and great facts of industry, France, around 1880)

Toothpaste Gelle advertising, 1920 (illustration)
2392157 Toothpaste Gelle advertising, 1920 (illustration); (add.info.: Medicine. Dentistry. Gelle Freres toothpaste. Advert in: Le Rire, France, Dec. , 1920.); Photo © CCI.

Hygiene and speed, Milk Train Express (b/w photo)
8647442 Hygiene and speed, Milk Train Express (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hygiene and speed, Milk Train Express)

Family at the seaside in autumn (coloured engraving)
8655681 Family at the seaside in autumn (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Family at the seaside in autumn)

Child having a bath (coloured engraving)
8655771 Child having a bath (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Child having a bath)

Trade card for Lifebuoy Soap (chromolitho)
8677717 Trade card for Lifebuoy Soap (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade card for Lifebuoy Soap.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection.

Men's baths, early 16th Century (colour litho)
8663524 Men's baths, early 16th Century (colour litho) by Durer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Men's baths, early 16th Century)

Laughter, Satirical in Colours, 1913_7_5: In the Garden of Plants - Hygiene, Plant Garden, Animals - Monkey, Insects
ICA4866283 Laughter, Satirical in Colours, 1913_7_5: In the Garden of Plants - Hygiene, Plant Garden, Animals - Monkey, Insects, Fleas - Illustration by Fernand Fau (1858-1919) by Fau

Filllette has her toilet with a basket dress
LET4395367 Filllette has her toilet with a basket dress. by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: Filllette has her toilet with a basket dress.); Photo © Archives Toutain.

Children hygiene. Child sleeping, child in the bath. Book by Dr Jules Rengade, "Life and Health" 1881 (print)
7295216 Children hygiene. Child sleeping, child in the bath. Book by Dr Jules Rengade, "Life and Health" 1881 (print); Private Collection; Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Bathroom and toilet in a wealthy home
5310339 Bathroom and toilet in a wealthy home; (add.info.: Bathroom and toilet in a wealthy home. English designed by Doulton & Co. 1882.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Archimedes in his bath
5310220 Archimedes in his bath; (add.info.: Woodblock engraving depicting Archimedes in his bath. Archimedes a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer)

Life at sea, description of leisure moments on board boats, under the supervision of a naval officer: sailors shave
MMM5460188 Life at sea, description of leisure moments on board boats, under the supervision of a naval officer: sailors shave, draw, read (or study), play music (flute)

Advertisement for Cuticura soap, manufactured by the Potter Drug and Chemical company
5308903 Advertisement for Cuticura soap, manufactured by the Potter Drug and Chemical company, is an antibacterial medicated soap, 19th century; (add.info.: Advertisement for Cuticura soap)

Cartoon depicting a portable hip-bath, 19th century
5308832 Cartoon depicting a portable hip-bath, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a portable hip-bath. Dated 19th century 01/02/1871); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Spa resort of Aix les Bains (Aix-les-Bains), Savoie: a person out of a hot bath is brought home by porters - Photo by G
JAB5037015 Spa resort of Aix les Bains (Aix-les-Bains), Savoie: a person out of a hot bath is brought home by porters - Photo by G Brun - beginning of the 20th century; (add.info)

Episode of Mary's life: the birth of Mary. Painting by Francesco Borgani (17th century)
VEN5033959 Episode of Mary's life: the birth of Mary. Painting by Francesco Borgani (17th century) Church of San Martino and Nicola, Viadana

Le Lire rouge 1917_7_21: War of 14 -18, Reclamation Pub, Hygiene, Soldier's Life, Toothpaste
ICA4846436 Le Lire rouge 1917_7_21: War of 14 -18, Reclamation Pub, Hygiene, Soldier's Life, Toothpaste, Front (military) - Soldiers; (add.info.: Le Lire rouge 1917_7_21: War of 14 -18)

The Cow Cross mission's night refuge Smithfield: men taking a compulsory shower before going to the dormitory
5615938 The Cow Cross mission's night refuge Smithfield: men taking a compulsory shower before going to the dormitory. 1891 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

First public demonstration of surgical anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, 1846
NWI4952554 First public demonstration of surgical anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, 1846. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Room of the Red Cross Hospital in a railway station in Boheme, 1866. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4953084 Room of the Red Cross Hospital in a railway station in Boheme, 1866. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Room of the Red Cross Hospital in a railway station in Boheme, 1866)

Surgery in the 17th century
6117844 Surgery in the 17th century; (add.info.: A surgeon operates on the arm of a patient in the 17th century. After a later copy of a 17th century work by Justus van den Nijpoort)

A British soldier having his daily bath or musshach
6317621 A British soldier having his daily bath or musshach; (add.info.: A British soldier having his daily bath or musshach, so called after the skin in which the water is carried)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): a cow takes a bath, 1900
LUX4788226 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): a cow takes a bath, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): a cow takes a bath, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

La fee du jasmine rubs oil on a child's head - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882)
FLO4637750 La fee du jasmine rubs oil on a child's head - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882), from an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard dit J.J.J.Granville (1803-1847)

Letter L: Ah! I cut myself! But what can I see, o heaven! Man, arm and razor, we draw three L, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214909 Letter L: Ah! I cut myself! But what can I see, o heaven! Man, arm and razor, we draw three L, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim)

Duties towards oneself: the body. Order and Desorder. A woman does housework in her house
DUV4212713 Duties towards oneself: the body. Order and Desorder. A woman does housework in her house. Engraving in " The unique book of morality and civic instruction

Benjamin Ward Richardson British physician, 19th century (engraving)
3733399 Benjamin Ward Richardson British physician, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Benjamin Ward Richardson (1828-1896) an eminent British physician, anaesthesiologist

Advertisement of sunlight soap in 1889, 1889
3479882 Advertisement of sunlight soap in 1889, 1889; (add.info.: Advertisement of sunlight soap in 1889.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Andrew Pears
3118262 Andrew Pears; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Andrew Pears (1770-1845) the inventor of transparent soap and creator of the Pears Soap brand

Barber's shop fitted with rotary hairbrushes
2602584 Barber's shop fitted with rotary hairbrushes; (add.info.: Barber's shop fitted with rotary hairbrushes powered by belt and shafting)

Barber brushing a client's hair
2602583 Barber brushing a client's hair; (add.info.: Barber brushing a client's hair with Willoughby's rotary hairbrush powered by a treadle fitted beneath the salon chair)

Barber's shop, Richmond
2602580 Barber's shop, Richmond; (add.info.: Barber's shop, Richmond, Virginia, USA, with typical high chairs with a spittoon beside each, and an iron stove heating water)

The Optimus pedestal WC with small lead-lined wooden cistern, 1850
3359514 The Optimus pedestal WC with small lead-lined wooden cistern, 1850; (add.info.: The Optimus pedestal WC with small lead-lined wooden cistern)

Lavatory with WC, urinal and wash basin, 1850
3359511 Lavatory with WC, urinal and wash basin, 1850; (add.info.: Lavatory with WC, urinal and wash basin. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Pedestal WC with siphon flushing system, 1850
3359510 Pedestal WC with siphon flushing system, 1850; (add.info.: Pedestal WC with siphon flushing system. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A portable water closet from the Practical Dictionary of Mechanics, 1850
3359505 A portable water closet from the Practical Dictionary of Mechanics, 1850; (add.info.: Design for a portable water closet from the Practical Dictionary of Mechanics by Edward H)

Kirkwood's water closet, 1850
3359497 Kirkwood's water closet, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of Kirkwood's water closet. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Optimus pedestal WC with small lead-lined wooden cistern, 1850
3359494 The Optimus pedestal WC with small lead-lined wooden cistern, 1850; (add.info.: The Optimus pedestal WC with small lead-lined wooden cistern)

The Deeping of the Fleet Street sewer, 1850
3359139 The Deeping of the Fleet Street sewer, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Deeping of the Fleet Street sewer. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Deeping of the Fleet Street sewer, 1850
3359130 The Deeping of the Fleet Street sewer, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Deeping of the Fleet Street sewer near Temple Street. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Pivoted closet seat by Edwin R. Parkes of Copper Falls Mine, 1850
3359123 Pivoted closet seat by Edwin R. Parkes of Copper Falls Mine, 1850; (add.info.: Pivoted closet seat by Edwin R. Parkes of Copper Falls Mine. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Science. Soap making: pasting. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434719 Science. Soap making: pasting. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part. Science)

Children's Hygiene, c.1930 (poster)
2093217 Children's Hygiene, c.1930 (poster); (add.info.: Education. Coll. Part. Education. Rules of cleanness for the children: hand washing. Poster, France, ca 1930.); Photo © CCI.

Portrait of George Buchanan
865103 Portrait of George Buchanan; (add.info.: George Buchanan (1831-1895) English physician with an interest in the improvement of sanitary conditions

Trench barber postcard World War I (postcard)
673420 Trench barber postcard World War I (postcard); Universal History Archive/UIG.

French Soldiers Bathing, 1870
1580756 French Soldiers Bathing, 1870; (add.info.: Engraving depicts French soldiers bathing in Nancy, France. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Russian peasants using a steam bath, 19th century (colour litho)
8663932 Russian peasants using a steam bath, 19th century (colour litho) by Russian School (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Russian peasants using a steam bath, 19th century)

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Maintaining proper hygiene is as essential as the air we breathe. From ancient times to modern advertisements, the importance of cleanliness has been emphasized in various forms. In Alfred Stevens' painting 'The Bath or the Woman in the Bath or Bathtub, ' a bronco woman indulges in a serene bath, symbolizing personal care and self-pampering. Similarly, Yoshiiku's artwork depicts quarreling and scuffling in a women's bathhouse, reminding us that maintaining hygiene is not only about personal well-being but also respecting others' space. Advertisements like Pears Soap Advertisement and Monsavon soap by Jean Carlu highlight how cleanliness can be achieved with quality products. These campaigns promote good health through proper cleansing rituals. Artists like Edgar Degas and Pierre Auguste Renoir capture intimate moments of bathing, showcasing the vulnerability and sensuality associated with hygiene practices. Mary Cassatt's masterpiece 'The Bath' portrays tender motherly love while emphasizing the significance of keeping oneself clean. Even everyday objects like wringers for wet clothes drying remind us that maintaining hygiene extends beyond our bodies to our surroundings. Meanwhile, old-fashioned outdoor lavatories serve as reminders of historical sanitation practices. From an outback dunny near Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park to toilets around the world, access to clean facilities plays a crucial role in ensuring public health on a global scale. As we navigate through life's challenges, let us remember that practicing good hygiene is not just about staying healthy; it is also about showing respect for ourselves and those around us.