Fluidic Purity

Hydrotherapy was first used by Hippocrates and has been part of the healing tradition of most civilizations from ancient Greece and Egypt to Rome where all medicine was practiced at a public bath. While modern hydrotherapy through the work of Vincent Priessnitz which was the inspiration of the development and foundation of a spa called then described as "water cure establishments." In the 19th century, Dr. John Harvey Kellog utilized water treatments at the Battle Creek, Michigan, sanitarium to manage pain and treat serious infections such as pneumonia. It was then that cold water sprays and rubs were common treatments for typhoid and pneumonia and in the 1920's, U.S. veterans hospitals were using hydrotherapy to treat mental illness and general and surgical cases.
Today, modern medicine almost turn to pills in alleviating colds, headaches, and minor injuries. Yet, in European countries, they spend a week or two at a spa- which is a growing venture in Asia to lure tourists in a term they call "medical tourism". Simply to help sort out stress, fatigue to backaches, allergies and arthritis.
Dr. Agatha Thrash, M.D. suggested that physiologic methods such as massage and hydrotherapy could successfully treat diseases and emphasized that the said remedies are drug less- hence it is safe and does not cause insidious complications.