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Science Explains Bathing Across Ancient Times
An overview of bathing history from ancient Greece to modern hydrotherapy. It discusses cold baths, their effects on circulation and nerves, cautions for health risks, and the varied therapeutic uses from fever control to weight management. It notes institutional use and the safety of routine cleansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egardless
United States
Cincinnati
H. L. Mencken
Field Museum of Ethnology
Greece
Hippocrates
Owever
H. C. Bazett
Department of Physiology
University of Pennsylvania
Stanford University
Nauheim
Government Hospital For the
Washington, D. C
Veterans’ Hospital
University of Nebraska