When was it invented
Deodorant
1888
Deodorant
One formula called for ostrich egg, nuts, tamarisk, and tortoise shell ground into a paste with fat.
Toilet
1851
Toilets
People used chamber pots or cess pits, which were cleaned by men called gong farmers.
Quality of hometown life
1 in 17 died to the Black Plague
Toothpaste
1886
Toothpaste
The practice of gnawing on aromatic sticks or twigs
Running water
1800's
Running Water
They would go down to get drinking water, and bathe from the same river.
Shakespeare view of loved ones dental hygiene
"Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks."
Body Wash
1865
Body Wash
blocks of clay, sand, pumice and ashes, then anointed themselves with oil, and scraped off the oil and dirt
Showers
1767
Showers
They would go to public bathing areas in which a lot of people would bathe together, or they would bathe in the river where they would get drinking water.
Shakespeare's view of loved ones beauty
"If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head."(Sonnet 130: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun)
Shampoo
1927
Shampoo
oil made from coconut oil, palm oil, and oil from flowers called “ylang-ylang”, was used as a popular conditioner.
Washing Machines
1797
Washing Machines
Before soap and washing machines they would soak their clothes in water, animal fat, and wood ash to "clean" them.
Did Shakespeare live longer than the life expectancy in London during the time?If so what age?
life expectancy 35 years. 52 years old was when he died.
Toilet Paper
1857
Toilet Paper
People used leaves, grass, ferns, corn cobs, maize, fruit skins, seashells, stone, sand, moss, snow and water.
Sewage Systems
1870
Sewage systems
They would dump their sewage out into the street in which a person would later come by to pick up all of it and then transport it in wheelbarrow to a river.
How many people lived in London during Shakespeare times?
200,000 people (doesn't seem like a lot but a lot of people attended his plays) 1500 people attended his plays. Disease spread easily