Hygiene
Angry Boy
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 10, 2022 -
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Category: Family, Children, Hygiene, PSA’s, 1950s, Mental Health and Insanity
Josiah Oldfield, the Fruitarian Hospital and Kissing
Fruitarianism is a kind of vegetarian practice which today seems very strict. But 100 years ago, when Josiah Oldfield practiced it, there was more variety allowed in the diet.Oldfield advocated for fruitarianism, putting him at odds with the Vegetarian Society.[16] He was a member of the Fruitarian Society, whose members lived on "the produce of harvest field, garden, forest and orchard, with milk, butter, cheese, eggs and honey".[6] His own "fruitarianism" was close to ovo-lacto vegetarianism. He was not a vegan: he recommended a daily diet of dandelion leaves, eggs, grapes, honey, lettuce, milk, salad, and watercress.
In any case, Oldfield founded several hospitals whose healing methods involved this diet. See the video below for more details. I have no idea of their success rate.
However, he found time to theorize about other things besides diet, such as the art of kissing. I apologize for the illegibility of the snapshot. Here's a sample or two of the text.
Newpaper source: Omaha Sunday Bee-News (Omaha, Nebraska) 30 Aug 1931, Sun Page 41
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 01, 2022 -
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Category: Hospitals, Hygiene, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Love & Romance
Sexy TV Showering
Surprised this passed the censorship of the times, as it's just one step away from having the (presumed, but never explicitly stated) husband and wife sharing the same shower stall.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 29, 2022 -
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Category: Food, Hygiene, Sexuality, Public Indecency, Husbands, Wives, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #538
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 28, 2022 -
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Category: Hygiene, Advertising, Surrealism, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #537
Police brutality!
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 11, 2022 -
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Category: Hygiene, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Advertising, 1930s
Triple-Bristle Toothbrush
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 07, 2022 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Hygiene, Inventions, Chindogu, Teeth
Theora Carter, Apostle of the Toothbrush
Read more about the lady here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 07, 2022 -
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Category: Clubs, Fraternities and Other Self-selecting Organizations, Hygiene, 1910s, Teeth
The Johnny Clock
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 31, 2021 -
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Category: Domestic, Hygiene, Scatology
Follies of the Madmen #522
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 16, 2021 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Body, Hygiene, Advertising, Surrealism, 1940s
Social Distance Zapper
I'm assuming this is a gag gift, but nowadays it's hard to tell.I'm adding it to our list of weird social-distancing products (see social-distancing shoes and cooler).
Available from Kikkerland Design Inc.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Dec 12, 2021 -
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Category: Hygiene, Disease
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