Reddit reviews The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
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I just recently finished reading this book on the history of bathing, and it mentions the original introduction of halitosis to the public. It was used in an ad for Listerine. One of the listerine ad people was looking through an old medical book and found the word. It turned out to be such an incredible market success, that many other companies started researching for older forgotten words that they could use to sell their prodcuts. Halitosis is the only one that had any luck in that regard though.
I suggest everyone with an interest in personal hygene take a look at that book though. It was a fascinating read, and very well researched. People used to be very very dirty.
They haven't always been, not at all. Read The Dirt on Clean for more information than you probably wanted about how people have regarded baths and bathing throughout history.
The Dirt on Clean by Kathrine Ashenburg
About cleanliness habits throughout history, pretty interesting
This article might be of interest to you.
EDIT: And this book, too... It's mentioned in the article.