History of Personal Hygiene
Personal hygiene start to known on the 19th Century, but long before already been discovered in ancient Greece and Rome, where personal hygiene well known and popular almost 2,000 years before.
At that time, water considered as disease courier. Taking a bath is a dangerous experience. The Royal families use milk instead of water for bathing. Others are only use wet towels or splashing water from basins into their face and shoulders. Public baths built throughout Europe between 12th to 17th centuries but the condition are very dirty.
Suprisingly that The Spanish Queen Isabella of Castile, the fame of Christopher Columbus, boasted that they had only two baths in her life at birth and before their marriage. However, not all Royals lived in unhygienic habits. The toilet was the preserve of Queen Elizabeth I. It was invented in 1596 by Sir John Harrington, her godson.
New York entrepreneur Joseph C. Gayetty in 1857 introduce pre-moistened bathroom tissues, each embossed with his name. Aptly named British plumber Thomas Crapper redesigned the modern bathroom and received a number of patents relating between 1861-1904. Kleenex was not introduce to the public until the year 1920.
Before the invention of toilet paper in 1890 by Scott Paper Company, people use to sweep by a large number of leaves and corn cobs. French monarchy use lace, the Vikings took wool, and Romans by sponge. The Chinese were ahead by using the first sheet of papaer in 1391. A very long history which enriched the hygienic habits for all people.