Urine was part of a good many industrial processes in centuries past, and collected for that purpose. Even Mayhew's London mentions this, and many other more interesting things about how the bottom 10% lived in "the big smoke" of the Victorian era.
Urine was part of a good many industrial processes in centuries past, and collected for that purpose. Even Mayhew's London mentions this, and many other more interesting things about how the bottom 10% lived in "the big smoke" of the Victorian era.
“There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.”
Edward Bernays, 1928
Much changes, much remains the same.