Bath’s long history
Water has been used as a therapy as far back as the ancient Egyptians. Native Americans used hot springs in the treatment of disease. Water can be beneficially in baths, steams baths, mists, footbaths, enemas, douches, and compresses. Hippocrates, the Greek physician, knew water was a type of hydrotherapy, or water cure. Historically, since man’s earliest times, baths have been used as both a means of relaxation and induce a state of healthfulness.

The Bible refers to bathing in Leviticus 16 and 17, and Numbers 19. A 3000-year-old built in bathtub and drainage system lies in the ruins of King Nestor’s palace near Pylos, Greece. The Romans had warm public baths in which they used natural mineral springs. Two famous ones were near Naples and Thermopolis. Bath, England, is still famous for its ancient baths. Native Americans congregated at the warm springs in Batch, West Virginia, now called Berkeley Springs, as did our founding fathers.