Rian Merwe

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The act of excretion itself didn’t require privacy or provoke shame back then as it does now. Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century monarchs such as England’s Elizabeth I and France’s Louis XIV openly relieved themselves while holding court.
Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Coronaviruses and Beyond
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