Bathing

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thumb|Illustration of a bathroom from the early 20th century, in which appear a bathtub, two towels, a toilet, a [[sink and two mirrors]]

thumb|right|Colored bath towels A towel is a piece of absorbent cloth, or paper, used for drying or wiping a surface. Towels draw moisture through direct contact.

thumb|A modern Finnish sauna

spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater

thumb|upright=1.35|A porcelain-coated cast iron bathtub, without shower plumbing, and with "claw foot" legs attached thumb|A porcelain-coated cast iron bathtub, with shower curtain fixtures, shower plumbing, soap dish, and with "claw foot" legs attached, all free-standing, fittings anchored to wall and ceiling thumb|Mycenaean terra-cotta Bathtub thumb|hydrotherapy [[sitz baths, 1910s]] thumb|Beaver Brand Enamelware Display Room, Toronto, 1909 thumb|Sybil Seely showers and [[Buster Keaton bathes, in One Week (1920)]] thumb|Bathtub with hand shower hose, water faucet in wall, Czech Republic thum

thumb|360px|Detail of Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine's Bath in the Park (1785) thumb|Astronaut Jack R. Lousma taking a shower in space, 1973

water-based sport

thumb|upright|A typical stall shower with height-adjustable nozzle and folding doors thumb|upright|A combination shower and bathtub, with movable screen

thumb|Mikvah Mei Chaya Mushka in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

Russian sauna or steambath

Jacuzzi is an American private company that manufactures and markets hot tubs, pools, and other bath products. It is best known for the Jacuzzi hydrotherapy products. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California. It is the largest hot tub manufacturer in Europe with eight factories, the largest being in Italy.

thumb|right|200px|The medicinal spa of Harkány is supplied by thermal wells that produce high sulfide content chloride water containing sodium-, calcium- and hydrogen carbonate. A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa health treatments are known as balneotherapy. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters and hot springs goes back to prehistoric times. Spa towns, spa resorts, and day spas are popular worldwide, but are especially widespread in Europe and Japan.

stylized, floating duck-shaped toy

large tub or small pool

Balneotherapy ( "bath") is a pseudoscientific method of treating diseases by bathing, a traditional medicine technique usually practiced at spas. Since ancient times, humans have used hot springs, public baths and thermal medicine for therapeutic effects. While it is considered distinct from hydrotherapy, there are some overlaps in practice and in underlying principles. Balneotherapy may involve hot or cold water, massage through moving water, relaxation, or stimulation. Many mineral waters at spas are rich in particular minerals such as silica, sulfur, selenium, and radium. Medicinal clays ar

outdoor swimming during winter, often with ice

room where you can change your clothes

liquid products used for cleaning the body

inflatable ball for beach and water games

Thalassotherapy (from the Greek word thalassa, meaning "sea") is the use of seawater as a form of therapy. It also includes the systematic use of sea products and shore climate. There is no scientific evidence that thalassotherapy is effective.

natural springs that produce water containing minerals

structure at the ruins of Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, Pakistan

Therapeutic treatment of soaking in warm mud

traditional Finnish way of bathing

bath facility

Japanese manga series

hut made of natural materials, used by indigenous peoples for a purification ceremony

building in Municipality of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece

thumb|260px|Temazcal at the Joya de Cerén archaeological site, El Salvador A temazcal is a type of sweat lodge, which originated with indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica. The term temazcal comes from the Nahuatl language, either from the words (to bathe) and (house), or from the word (house of heat).

water-soluble, usually inorganic, solid products designed to be added to water during bathing

waterproof cap worn to keep the hair dry while bathing

besom used for bathing

novelty effervescent bathing product

bathing in the sea or in sea water

filled bathtub

tool used for bathing

bathing in milk

North-east of Charlottenhof Palace in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam

Bath in which a person sits in water up to the hips

thumb|A hammam towel A peshtemal (also spelled peshtamal, pestamal, pestmal, or pestema ; from Persian~ Fa puştmāl back towel § Fa puşt back + Fa māl cleaning) is a traditional towel used in baths. A staple of Persia, with a strong influence on Ottoman culture, dating back hundreds of years, the pestemal was originally designed to help individual bathers maintain their privacy. In addition to being highly absorbent, pestemals dry faster than thicker towels.

natural or artificial lake used for public bathing and swimming

Public bath in Copenhagen, Denmark

idiomatic expression advising caution

salt extracted from the Dead Sea

REDIRECT Balneotherapy#Crenotherapy

personal hygiene practice

alternative to traditional sauna using infrared radiation; popular in pseudo-medicine

showering technique that saves water and time

bath designed to immerse livestock in liquid pesticide or other treatment

bath prepared of peat pulp from wetlands

literary work by Peter of Eboli