/oss/taxonomy/term/1133/all en /oss/article/videos-technology-history/right-chemistry-making-javel-water <p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" id="media-youtube-xvhub-zmabs" width="640" height="390" title="Dr Joe Schwarcz: The making of Javel water" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xVhUB-zmABs?wmode=opaque&controls=&enablejsapi=1&modestbranding=1&playerapiid=media-youtube-xvhub-zmabs&origin=https%3A//www.mcgill.ca&rel=0" name="Dr Joe Schwarcz: The making of Javel water" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>Video of Dr Joe Schwarcz: The making of Javel water</iframe> </div> </p> Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:28:26 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7355 at /oss /oss/article/health-history-news/joe-schwarcz-great-scientific-advance-started-deodorizing-gut-factories <p>To put it bluntly, Louis XVIII stank. It wasn’t from improper hygiene, although French kings weren’t particularly noted for their love of baths. The culprit was the gangrene oozing from his legs. When poor Louis finally passed away, the odour was so foul that something had to be done before the body could be properly prepared for burial.</p> Sun, 14 Jul 2013 16:53:04 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1984 at /oss