The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle against Filth and Germs
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The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle Against Filth and Germs
The great stink of Paris and the nineteenth-century struggle against filth and germs is David S. They have at their disposal soaps for washing their faces and hands, special brushes for their teeth, and toothpaste. Every evening before changing clothes to go home, they must take a shower, during and after which they are required to wash with antiseptic solutions.
Barnes introduces us to pioneering educators such as Arthur Armaingaud, whose innovative series of public health lectures in Bordeaux in , just two years after the establishment of mandatory public schooling, led to the development of a far-ranging hygiene curriculum that was well established in elementary and high schools by Many members of this cast of characters reappear in chapters examining the taxonomy of transmission, the clash of disinfection and isolation policies, the contributions of educational programs, and the incorporation of the sanitary-bacteriological synthesis into governance, healthful architecture, and the replacement of Parisian cesspits with kilometers of underground sewers.
The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle against Filth and Germs. David S. Barnes. Late in the summer of , a wave of odors enveloped . The great stink of Paris and the nineteenth-century struggle against filth and germs is David S. Barnes's analysis of a seemingly minor event in.
Primary documents such as letters, diaries, and committee reports attest to diligent scholarship. The triumph of public health in France lagged dramatically behind advances in Germany and Great Britain, and a chapter discussing the reasons underlying this disparity would have helped to broaden a somewhat parochial perspective.
Experts in French cultural history and those who favor the microhistorical approach will place this book on the shelf, next to The great cat massacre: Perhaps the death of Albert, the prince consort, from typhoid fever in or the reforming novels of Dickens brought home to a shocked British public the leveling effect of infectious diseases and the need to ensure that all social classes were protected. Dead, my lords and gentlemen. Don't already have an Oxford Academic account?
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