KARL MARX WAS KNOWN FOR NEVER BATHING AND HORRIBLE PERSONAL HYGIENE. IN 1854 HIS WHOLE BODY WAS COVERED WITH BOILS WITH ONE PARTICULARLY PAINFUL ONE BETWEEN HIS MOUTH AND NOSE. IN A LETTER TO HIS BEST FRIEND FRED ENGELS HE WROTE,"MY FACE HAS REACHED A CRISIS. FOR FOURTEEN DAYS THE DEVIL HAS BEEN HURLING SHIT AT MY HEAD"