Also, many peasants didn’t even use bath houses they bathed in their home with more effort by heating up basins of water.

But excessive bathing wasn’t really talking about bathing but going to public bath houses to meet and to … other people.

If you read the article/post, it goes on to say that in later centuries, some medical professionals misinformed the public telling them not to bathe with warm water because the ‘pores would open and let too much bacteria etc in.’ I am thankful they eventually reconsidered.

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    94 days ago

    Makes sense, having clean skin feels amazing and must have been an affordable luxury (not sure what to call something great-but-cheap).