The lavativa was a method that the Diccionario de Autoridades records as an aid to unload the belly and cleanse the inside of great discomfort. However, in the 17th century it was a hygienic-health mechanism that became a remedy for everything. In spite of the delicate posture, it was taken by several people at the same time and they even had lively conversations. There was a great variety of such practices: purgatives, astringents…
Collection: Images
Project: 11. Science and culture as representation in Europe., 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe.
Chronology: XIX
Scope: Secondary education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Image
Format: Oil on canvas (39 x 40 cm)
Source: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Language: Spanish
Date: ca. 1855
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Identifier: P004422
Copyright: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Abstract: A Cultural History of Hygiene in the Modern Age
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