Recent Examples on the WebBecause of an outsized fear of germs, doctors shaved women’s pubic hair, scrubbed their heads with kerosene, cleaned their nipples and stomachs with ether, and douched them with saline and either whiskey or mercury chloride.—Allison Yarrow, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 May 2018
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