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When European nobles feared that bathing could cause disease
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The sensory experience of attending a European royal court must have been absolutely lethal. Convinced that hot water opened the pores and allowed the plague to enter the body, wealthy nobles opted to just vigorously rub themselves with dry linen and drench their unwashed flesh in heavy perfumes, masking a terrifying aura of royal body odor.
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