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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 98. Chapters: Sauna, Hot spring, Finnish sauna, Towel, Sweat lodge, Hydrotherapy, Spa, List of hot springs, Onsen, History of the hot tub, Shower, Sea bathing, Banya, Turkish bath, Bathroom, Arctic Spas, Bathtub, Allianoi, Jacuzzi, Rubber duck, Balneotherapy, Dead Sea salt, Geibeltbad Pirna, Bubble bath, Ice swimming, Deep Creek Hot Springs, Bullfrog International, Copenhagen Harbour Baths, Ancient Bath House of Nazareth, Shower splash guard, Mineral spring, Thalassotherapy, Mr. Bubble, Misogi, Transfer bench, Bath salts, Roman Baths, Inipi, Day spa, Bathtub hoax, Electric bath, Accessible bathtub, Sandymount Strand, Dousing, Infrared sauna, Soapland, Navy shower, Temazcal, Louis Kuhne, Garden spa, Steam shower, Native Americans and hot springs, Mustard bath, Steambath, Mandi, Bath fizzies, Washing mitt, Mud bath, Radox, Advent Design International, Suleymaniye hamam, Bath bomb, Peat pulp bath, Pressure balanced shower valve, Oukup, Milk bath, Shower gel, Steam room, Thermal bath, Steri Spray, Bathing pavilion, Klitterbadet, Nauheim bath, Ashiyu, Mogyoktang, Communal shower, Arenation, Heubad, Roman shower, Vichy shower. Excerpt: Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy, involves the use of water for pain-relief and treating illness. The term hydrotherapy itself is synonymous with the term water cure as it was originally marketed by practitioners and promoters in the 19th century. A hydrotherapist therefore, is someone who practices hydrotherapy. Water cure has since come to have two opposing definitions, which can cause confusion. (a) Water cure therapy - a course of medical treatment by hydrotherapy(b) water cure torture - a form of torture in which a person is forced to drink large quantities of water.The sense used in this article is the first one, synonymous with the term hydrotherapy, and which precedes recorded use of the ...
