Washing your hands

Illustration cycle typology/miniature

A demonstration on preparing oral rehydration solution (ORS) in rural Lesotho. A woman from the audience has been asked to demonstrate to the other participants how to prepare the ORS. The woman is washing her hands before she prepares the ORS under the g…

Lettering: Du cabinet de Mr. le Duc de Choiseul ; de la grandeur de 32 pouces sur 25 ; G. Metzú pinx. ; l. Ch. Lingée sculp 1772

Advertising material for Hudson's Extract of Soap. Claims that the product is suitable for "Cleaning and Scouring Everything". A boy writes on the door carrying a trademarked box of Hudson's Extract, with his dog, while inside the house …

The surface of a soap bubble showing reflected light interference as colours.

Water and sanitation This mother in Lesotho is supervising her child while he washes his hands. An adult or older sibling should help wash the hands of very young children. Hygiene promotion has a positive impact on diarrhoea morbidity. Although hygiene c…

Etiket Lady Otto Rose Soap

A maternity visit takes place in the home of a well-to-do family. Coffee is brewed on a brazier in the middle of the room, while at left a slave is busy preparing sorbet. Once the guests have taken these refreshments, they are offered rosewater from a spr…

Onderdeel van Album met 69 foto's van een reis door Japan.

A lady is washing her hands with water from a silver water jug. She is in a chic brothel – the women in the background are occupied with a customer. Is the woman washing her hands after a customer leaves, or washing them in innocence, to indicate that the…

Naos, Christ before Pilate, detail

Etiket Aromatic Transparent Soap

Diecut card in the shape of a fat, cheerful washerwoman in a long blue dress with white spots, apron and bonnet washing a white garment by hand in a large red tub full of steaming water on a wooden stool. A box of Borax is in front of it on the floor.

Advertising material for Lifebuoy Soap, depicting a female figure holding a healthy looking child in a lifebuoy. The child holds a box of Lifebuoy Disinfectant Soap.

Lettering: For health's sake wash your hands ...

Water and sanitation This tippy tap in Zimbabwe is designed to dispense water for hand washing.

Lettering: Pears' soap as recommended by Sir Erasmus Wilson, I have found matchless for the hands and complexion. Adelina Patti. "Cleanliness is next to godliness". Specially drawn for the proprietors of Pears' soap by H. Stacy Marks, R.…

Lettering: La bulle de savon phenomenes d'interference anneaux colores dans les lames minces ; B. Desgoffe pinxt. ; M. Rapine sc.

Das Reklameschild "Berolina" ist mehrfarbig bedruckt und zeigt ein Mädchen und einen Jungen, der eine Schachtel "Berolina Feinseife" in der Hand hochhebt. Ferner ist eine Großpackung "Berolina Feinseife" dargestellt. Folgende…

Ephemera Collection. Advertisement for 'Sunlight soap'. Caption reads, "Old and gray, Young and gay, Work or play, Every day...use 'Sunlight'".

Ephemera Collection. Advertisement for Pears' Soap Caption reads, "He won't be happy 'till he gets it! He's got it and he's happy now." Illustration of 'before and after' use of soap by baby in the bath.

Etiket Excelsior Zeep

Mogelijk is de vrouw aan het wassen of doet zij ander huishoudelijk werk. Tevens studies van twee vrouwen, ten halve lijve. Blad 40 recto uit een schetsboek met 65 bladen.

Op de voorgrond de heilige Levitus en de heilige Sacerdos. Ze wassen hun handen met het water van een grote fontein. In de achtergrond verschijnt God aan koning David. De prent heeft een Latijns onderschrift: 'Vis hominum diuumque oculis speciofus hab…

A surgeon prepares for surgery by washing his hands and arms otherwise referred to as 'scrubbing up'. A antimicrobial, antiseptic solution is used which protects the skin from bacteria for longer than household soap.

Lettering: Nubolic disinfectant soap is the best for hospitals, bedrooms, pantries, sinks and all household purposes, also for bathroom & toilet. ...