title: A history of hand washing: seven hundred years at a snail's pace.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Othersen
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Othersen
mesh_terms: D004203:Disinfection / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000266:history*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013242:Sterilization / Q000266:history*