Hygiene in the Elizabethan Era

1. Hygiene in the Elizabethan Era By: Sara Blessing

2. Bathing • They Bathed in cold water, if they wanted it heated they put it over the fire to warm it up. • Wooden barrels is what was used to be bathed in. • In the Medieval Castle simple bathrooms were added. • Lower Class would only bathe a few times a year. • Upper Class bathed every couple of weeks. • The water used was unsanitary to drink. http://www.helium.com/items/1906609-how-people-used-the-bathroom-or-toilet-in-the-middle-ages Image from- http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl

3. Brushing the Teeth • To brush their teeth they used a cloth to keep them clean. • If there was a bad tooth it was simply pulled out, but back then there were no pain killers. • Mixture of herbs and ashes of burnt rosemary were used to help clean the teeth. • http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/middle-ages-hygiene.htm Image from-http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl

4. Toilets • For the Upper Class, Kings and Queens had a closet like room with a hole in the floor as a toilet. • For the Middle Class, if they could afford a servant they had vessel bowls that the servants held under them to go to the bathroom. • Lower Class just had vessel bowls and when they were done they would dump it out the window onto the roads. Image from-http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl

5. Hair • Hair washing was done separate from bathing. • The hair got better treatment as far as keeping it clean. • There was no shampoo and conditioners so they added lye soap to clean their hair. • http://www.elizabethanenglandlife.com/elizabethan-hygiene.html Image from- http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl