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Fun & Facts about
HygieneCleanliness is serious business;
dirty hands killed a president.
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HYGEINE COMES FROM THEWORD HYGIEA
Hygiea was a Greek goddess of healthcleanliness and the moon.
Ancient Greek
gods apparently worked double shifts.
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GERMS
The human body is home to some 1,000species of bacteria. There
are more
germs on your body tha n people in theUnited States.Bathe
America, Bathe!
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Expensive Hand Sanitizers
Antibacterial soap is no more effective atpreventing infection
than regular soap.
After studying over 11,000 children it wasfound that an overly
hygienicenvironment increases the risk of skin
conditions and asthma.
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THEY DONT DO WHAT?
Monks in a small religious monastery inIndia are not allowed to
bath any part of
their bodies besides their hands and feet.Their religion
believes it is wrong to killany living creature even
microorganisms.
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MOUNT SAPO
The word soap comes from this mythologicalmountain.
When women washed their cloths in theTiber River, the dirt on
the shore was amixture of fat and wood ash from animalsacrifices
coming down from the mountain.
They used this as a cleaning agent.
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ILL USE DIAL THANKYOU
Ancient Egyptians and Aztecs rubbedurine on their skin to treat
cuts and burns.
Urea is a key chemical in urine. When urine is in the bladder it
is freefrom fungi and bacteria, so it was
possibly cleaner than the water theydrank.
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V-I-C-T-O-R-Y IS THEKNIGHTS BATTLE CRY
Englands medieval King Henry IV strucka blow for cleanliness
when he required
his knights to bath a least once in theirlives.---during their
ritual knighthoodceremonies.
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FLUSH PLEASE
During the 18 th-century , London did not have a sewersystem.
Toilet water was just dumped out of thewindows on to the streets,
where it contaminated the
citys water supply. They did not know at the time that boiling
water wouldhelp make the water safer to drink. In 1854 there were
616 deaths related to the watersupply in London alone. Because of
this, is was a common practice to drinkalcoholic beverages at every
meal and in-between.
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5 SECOND RULE
TRUE OR FALSE:If you drop something on the floor butpick it up
in less than four seconds, it willbe OK. False. There is no
five-secondrule when it comes to food on the ground.
Bacteria needs no time at all tocontaminate food.
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GOOD OL CHINA
The first toothbrush was invented inChina in 1498. It was made
of carved
cattle-bone and pig bristles wired into it.Brushing ones teeth
did not becomeroutine in the USA until it was enforced in
1940 on soldiers during World War ll.
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SAY WHAT??????
In 1935, Northern Tissue proudlyintroduced splinter -free toilet
paper.
Previous options included tundra moss inNorth America and sea
sponge from saltwater for Romans. Here in the modern
West corncobs were used.
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DONT INSULT AGENTLEMAN
In 1843, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. campaignedfor basic
sanitation in hospitals. But thisclashed with social ideas of the
time
concerning upper class citizens like doctors.Charles Meigs, a
prominent Americanphysician, retorted, Doctors are gentlemen ,and
our hands are always clean. However, up to a quarter of all women
givingbirth in European and American hospitals inthe 17 th thru 19
th centuries died of an infectionspread by unhygienic nurses and
doctors.
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TV KILLS
A study by the University of Arizonadetermined that the TV
remote control in
hospitals are the worst carriers ofbacteria in hospital rooms;
worse eventhan toilet handles. The remote can
spread the infection MRSA, whichcontributes to over 90,000
deaths a year.
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THE BULLET DID NOTKILL HIM
It is now believed President JamesGarfield did not die from the
bullet fire d
by Charles Guiteau. Some of the medical team that treatedthe
President were also farmers with
manure-stained hands. The wounddeveloped a severe infection that
killedhim three months later.
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LAST THOUGHTS
Hygiene tips do not have to be complicated.Everyone can practice
good hygiene.Soap and water are the simplest form of cleaning.Wash
hands all day long, especially before exiting thebathroom, and
before meals. When at all possible wash the TV remotes, mousesand
keypads between users.
& A WARNING TO THE GERMS! BE PREPARED TO DIE.
SOUTH ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND STAFF AREON THE WAR PATH.
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