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The nature and function of water, baths, bathing, and hygiene from antiquity through the Renaissance / edited by Cynthia Kosso and Anne Scott.

Water and health in an overcrowded world / editors, Tim Halliday, Davey Basiro.

Elixir : a human history of water / Brian Fagan.

Drinking water : a history / James Salzman.

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The nature and function of water, baths, bathing, and hygiene from antiquity through the Renaissance / edited by Cynthia Kosso and Anne Scott.

Water and health in an overcrowded world / editors, Tim Halliday, Davey Basiro.

Elixir : a human history of water / Brian Fagan.

Drinking water : a history / James Salzman.