With all due respect to Aaron, every era seems to have had its legion of wrongdoers and shortcutters who used whatever science was available to get an edge.

Nobody took umbrage and bounced me out of the Union for being a pro.

To Ramsgate baths she sped, in quest / Of seaweed and ozone ; / For seaweed and ozone were best, / They said, to give her tone.

The golden gates of Meshed have a rosy sheen, like lustre ware […]