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Part I. From Water for Pleasure to Water as Threat: 1. The Water That Infiltrated: The wide open skin, The dry wash 2. The Disappearance of Certain Practices: Steam-baths and bath-houses, 'Getting out the bathtubs' 3. The Old Pleasures of Water: Mingled bodies, Transgression, The 'multitude of God's goods' Part II. The Linen That Washed: 4. What Was Covered and What Was Seen: Vermin, Hands and faces, Linen and the invisible, Bodies and spaces 5. The Skin and White Linen: Linen and sweat, Linen and looking, Frequencies, A matter of surfaces 6. Appearances: The cleanliness that distinguished, The perfume that 'cleansed' Part III. From Water That Penetrated to Water That Strengthened: 7. A Pleasant Sensation on the Skin: A novel and rare type of bath, Sensibility, The 'conveniences' 8. Cold and the New Vigour: Ideas about cold baths, What practices?, Visions of invigorated bodies 9. Nature and Artifice: Health versus cosmetics, The deception of perfume, The internal versus appearance 10. The Stench of Towns and People: The quantification of death, The localisation of unhealthiness, The water that improved the atmosphere 11. All-Over Baths and Local Washing: More baths, Local washing Part IV. The Water That Protected: 12. The Functions of the Skin: The new use of the word 'hygiene', The skin and the energetic balance, The resistance of prudery 13. Water's Itineraries: Water and protection against epidemics, The circulation of water and public hygiene, Bathing and social hierarchy 14. The Pastoral of Poverty: Making cleanliness moral, Education, Regenerating measures 15. The Children of Pasteur: The 'invisible monsters', What could not be seen 16. Installations and Privacy: Extending the bedroom, Cells, Dynamics.