The Healing Power of Water
All things are from water and all things are resolved in water
– Thales
The rejuvenating properties of water have been recognized since the ancient world, and spa therapies (usually involving warmer temperatures and mineral springs) were recognized in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
However, technological advances and increased globalization meant that concepts and technologies like the Turkish bath and spas were modified to fit nineteenth century Western sensibilities and beliefs.