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It wasn’t just doctors, “a gentleman never washes his hands because a gentleman’s hands are never dirty.” Was the common thought. NB, not all men were consider
by woleium 3y ago
It wasn’t just doctors, “a gentleman never washes his hands because a gentleman’s hands are never dirty.” Was the common thought.
NB, not all men were considered gentlemen.
See also surgeons cuffs on coats (blazers), so as to avoid getting blood on one’s clothes when operating, which are still called the same thing today.
- quintushoratius 3y agoClearly they mixed up cause and effect. "A gentleman's hands are never dirty" should have meant that he keeps them clean, not that his gentlemanliness somehow keeps them from being dirty.