Communal bath. Woodcut from JJ Hugel Von heilsamen

Communal bath. Woodcut from JJ Hugel Von heilsamen Badern des Teutschelands... Mullhause, circa 1559. Mixed public baths were a feature of city life, particularly in many of the German city states, but were banned after syphilis and gonorrhea reached epidemic proportions

1559 Banned Baths Communal Epidemic Feature Gonorrhea Hugel Hygiene Infectious Mixed Particularly Proportions Reached Sexually Syphilis Transmitted

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