Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/22502to listen full audiobooks. Title: Perfection Author: Margarette Lincoln Narrator: Polly Lee Format: mp3 Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins Release date: 02-25-25 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Beauty, Grooming & Style Publisher's Summary: Victorian women ate arsenic to achieve an ideal, pale complexion, while in the 1790s balloon corsets were all the rage, designed to make the wearer appear pregnant. Women of the eighteenth century applied blood from a black cat's tail to problem skin, while doctors in the 1880s promoted woolen underwear to keep colds at bay. Beautification and the pursuit of health may seem all-consuming today, but their history is long and fantastically varied. Ranging across the last four hundred years, Margarette Lincoln examines women's health and beauty in fascinating detail.

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