Set of practices performed for the preservation of health

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Sunlight soap : a child can use it / Lever Brothers Ltd.

A nest egg is very convenient at times ... : save money in the wear and tear of costly fabric by using Swan White Floating Soap ... / Lever Brothers Ltd.

Common sicknesses of people with HIV and AIDS / Khomanani.

A naked woman sitting in a chair picks up a towel and dries her left foot. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

White as snow : if you wish your linen to be white as snow, Sunlight Soap will make it so.

A stylized blue head and the sun forming the silhouette of an Ionic capital; advertising an exhibition on food and hygiene in Amsterdam. Colour lithograph by G. Scheepstra, 1933.

Sunlight : my soap is my fortune sir, she said / Lever Brothers Ltd.

AIDS and the workplace / NUPE Health Service Staff.

The importance of washing hands before cooking and sterilising water in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.

La higiene municipal en la obra de Francisco Mendez Alvaro (1806-1883) / José Luis Fresquet Febrer.

Prevention of influenza : warning ; the person attacked by INFLUENZA who does not take precautions runs grave risks himself and may be a source of danger to others.

The next to godliness : an address to the working class / by Benjamin Ward Richardson.

Chasing dirt : the American pursuit of cleanliness / Suellen Hoy.

The guide to health : designed to promote the health, happiness and longevity of students and all others in sedentary life, especially invalids / by Daniel Newell.

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Hygiene

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Images referencing Hygiene

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La higiene municipal en la obra de Francisco Mendez Alvaro (1806-1883) / José Luis Fresquet Febrer.

Prevention of influenza : warning ; the person attacked by INFLUENZA who does not take precautions runs grave risks himself and may be a source of danger to others.

The next to godliness : an address to the working class / by Benjamin Ward Richardson.

Chasing dirt : the American pursuit of cleanliness / Suellen Hoy.

The guide to health : designed to promote the health, happiness and longevity of students and all others in sedentary life, especially invalids / by Daniel Newell.

Hygiene

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hygiene

Works from the collections

La higiene municipal en la obra de Francisco Mendez Alvaro (1806-1883) / José Luis Fresquet Febrer.

Prevention of influenza : warning ; the person attacked by INFLUENZA who does not take precautions runs grave risks himself and may be a source of danger to others.

The next to godliness : an address to the working class / by Benjamin Ward Richardson.

Chasing dirt : the American pursuit of cleanliness / Suellen Hoy.

The guide to health : designed to promote the health, happiness and longevity of students and all others in sedentary life, especially invalids / by Daniel Newell.

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