Baths and bathing

The old art of the bath, for cleanliness, comfort, and cure. This guide gathers the many forms of bathing, hot and cold, sea and spa, and the health long attributed to each, from a time when water treatment was serious medicine. Practical and soothing, it makes a simple daily ritual feel restorative again. A pleasant, useful classic for anyone who suspects that a good soak is doing more for them than they realize.