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In urban bathhouses in Germany and the surrounding low countries, bathhouse proprietors, known as baders, provided visitors with basic medical care. To draw blood, baders would scratch the skin before placing a heated cupping glass over the incision to extract blood and purge the body. Other tools associated with baders, including dental forceps and an amputation saw, hint at further services they provided.
Bathing Through the Ages: 1300–1848
Public bathing, ubiquitous around the world and through the ages, plays an often-unappreciated role in public health.
Bathing Through the Ages: 1300–1848
Bathing Through the Ages: 1300–1848

Public bathing, ubiquitous around the world and through the ages, plays an often-unappreciated role in public health.

Public bathing, ubiquitous around the world and through the ages, plays an often-unappreciated role in public health.

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