Is it true soap was banned in France for over 200 years following the French Revolution?
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It's not true. They just smell that way. ;-)
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You should check out a history text or Wikipedia, it is pretty good. \n\nThe French Revolution is a tricky historical event. It is very complex and quite long. It began in 1789 when Louis XVI called into session the Estates General (French Parliament). Memebers of the Third Estate (commoners mostly the bourgeoisie) chose to use the session to begin a liberal revolution.
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Depends on soap.  Soaps with perfume can irritate sensitive skin.  Soap helps to cleanse the skin of dirt, grime, etc.  You could cleanse body with just oils.  Personal choice I think.  It is said that Elvis refused baths and had only oils massaged into skin, but that he stank too.
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On May 17,2356 at 4:21 PM, the earth run out soap, but by June 23, 2356 at 11:17 am. the will have more soap, but it will cost 4 times  as much
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The manufacture of soap is based on a chemical reaction (saponification) in which an alkali acts upon a fat to form a metal salt (soap) and an alcohol (glycerol).\n\nYou can get more information in the link below.
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The revolution in France had happened many years earlier, yet there was great social tension in England during the times of Charles Dickens. Work conditions for the poor were horrid, often resulting in strikes that ended in violent clashes between the police and the workers.\n\nA Tale of Two Cities can be seen as a warning to British society of the mid-nineteenth century. It is largely concerned with events within the Victorian society in which he lived and is set during a period some seventy years earlier. It shows both France and England in an unflattering light. \n\nYou can check out the following site for chapter-wies summary
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What ever happened to soap and water!!!
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Curing Black Plague?  Huh?  The French Revolution was in the 1780s, the Black Plague in the 1320s.  Why do some people feel qualified to answer questions who, apparently, have never opened a history book?\n\nAnyway, little developed if anything, apparently, other than a change in terminology with the revolutionaries trying for egalitarianism in everything.  If you want to call this "key" be my guest -- I'm sure the French think highly of it.\n\nThe real developments in medicine didn't occur until close to the end of the 19th century -- everything before that we would consider fairly barbaric.
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Sort of.\n\nWell the titles of Nobility still exists in France but only as part of a person's name but they do not have the privledges they use to have unless they marry a Noble in a Country where such privledges can still be held.\n\nAlthough persons holding titles do get a lot of respect though.
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When soap operas began, they were all supported by soap companies.  This was to appeal to the housewives that were the main viewers of the show.  There are still many soap operas that are highly supported by the commercials of various soap and cleaning products.
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Aren't the French in chronic revolution? Strikes are the norm. Nightly car burnings are the norm (not even counting the recent Muslim commotion). It's a highly unstable culture, glad I'm not there (the few days I spent in Paris were more than enough for me).
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The social or mental hygiene movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was an attempt by Progressive-era reformers to control venereal disease, regulate prostitution and vice, and disseminate sexual education through the use of scientific research methods and modern media techniques.\n\nMany reformers, such as Dr Marie Stopes, were also exponents of eugenics. Inspired by Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, they argued for the sterilisation of certain groups, even racial groups, in society. This link between racial hygiene and social hygiene can be seen in Australia, where the Racial Hygiene Association of New South Wales is now named The Family Planning Association.\n\nSocial hygiene as a profession grew alongside social work and other public health movements of the era. Social hygienists emphasized sexual continence and strict self-discipline as a solution to societal ills, tracing prostitution, drug use and illegitimacy to rapid urbanization.\n\n\n\nAllied and Complementary MedicineTM is a unique database covering the fields of complementary or alternative medicine and allied health
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Well obviously the best advice is to see a doctor ASAP, but also try changing your soap (think...hmmm...have you changed soaps recently?)  I have had a reaction to soap before (It was Irish Spring) I smelled horrible and I switched back the next day and it never happened again, and I have never used "Irish Spring" again!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_soap
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The French has a state approved church, like many countries, but if you are doing a study, you might include efforts to abolish any other religions in the country in recent years.
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Check out the wikipedia.fr link below.
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The French Revolution was a major turning point in European history.  The major socialist revolutions of the twentieth century in Russia, China and Cuba were inspired the French example. \n\nSome other consequences included:\n\nPower remained centralized anew, but the door was open for role of wealth and merit, not heritage to become important.\n\nCitizenship, political rights: emerging liberalism \n\nEmergence of bourgeoisie, as in England, points toward Industrial Revolution, and toward\n\nRise of nationalism: nation (people) as sovereign \n\nPower of people (sans-culottes): toward socialism\n\nI've included links with more information.