 When the civilization of Egypt, Greece, and Rome faded, the world passed through dark ages of mental and physical barbarism. For a thousand years there was not a man or woman in Europe that ever took a bath, if the historian of those times, Michelet,...  Report - Page 293by New Hampshire. State Board of Health, New Hampshire. State Department of Health - 1883Full view - About this book
 | New Haven, Connecticut - 1887 - 416 pages
...the Greeks and the Romans faded, the world passed through dark ages of mental and physical barbarism. For a thousand years there was not a man or woman in Europe that ever took a bath." "No wonder," he said, "that there came the wondrous epidemics of the Middle Ages,... | |
 | Orello Cone - 1889 - 348 pages
...them. Then came the unhappy time when Michelet, the historian of those ages, says very positively, that for a thousand years there was not a man or woman in Europe that ever took a bath. Thirty-three generations of uncleanliness are sufficient to account for the terrible... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1890 - 546 pages
...were two churches or cures ; the good man was a pluralist. Dr. Lyon Playfair said at Glasgow in 1874 that " for a thousand years there was not a man or woman in Europe that ever took a bath." This is the text of the author's interesting essay on " The Sanctity of Dirt." "... | |
 | 1891 - 902 pages
...Ages.— An assertion made several years ago by Dr. Lyon Playfair, trusting to " worthless authorities," that " for a thousand years there was not a man or woman in Europe that ever took a bath," which was laughed at at the time, has been seriously refuted by the Rev. TE Bridget... | |
 | Joseph Chrisman Hutchison - 1894 - 142 pages
...and washing the hands before eating, were rules that were strictly observed in the time of Christ. For a thousand years there was not a man or woman in Europe that ever took a bath. No wonder that the terrible epidemics we have read of swept off the people by thousands.... | |
 | J. C. Hutchison - 1894 - 142 pages
...and washing the hands before eating, were rules that were strictly observed in the time of Christ. For a thousand years there was not a man or woman in Europe that ever took a bath. No wonder that the terrible epidemics we have read of swept off the people by thousands.... | |
 | Joseph Chrisman Hutchison - 1895 - 364 pages
...Egypt, Greece, and Borne faded, the world passed through dark ages of mental and physical barbarism. For a thousand years there was not a man or woman in Europe that e^er took a bath, if the historian of those times, Michelet, is to be believed. l«o wonder that there... | |
 | 1898 - 688 pages
...changes of the sixteenth century. There are still, however, some who seem to think the eminent person who said that "for a thousand years there was not a man or woman in Europe that ever took a bath" was bearing witness to an historical fae: somewhere about as unassailable as the... | |
 | Perkins School for the Blind - 1901 - 952 pages
...Egypt, Greece and Rome faded, the world passed through dark ages of mental and physical barbarism. For a thousand years there was not a man or woman in Europe that ever took a bath, if the historian of those times, Michelet, is to be believed. No wonder that there... | |
 | Joseph Chrisman Hutchison - 1902 - 646 pages
...Egypt, Greece, and Home faded, the world passed through dark ages of mental and physical barbarism. For a thousand years there was not a man or woman in Europe that ever took a bath, if the historian of those times, Michelet, is to be believed. No wonder that there... | |
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