Bath culture existed in the oldest civilizations. For example, Rome was famous for its baths, but their understanding of cleanliness was different from that of Muslims. With Islam, a brand new understanding of cleaning emerged. Bathing was done not with non-flowing water in a bathtub, but with clean water running slowly. When building a new city or social complex, it started with a bath and then a mosque. There would be a few baths in the neighborhoods, bazaars and even around places such as tombs where people gathered frequently. Men and women could never bathe together. Despite this, the baths were subject to strict control. At the slightest suspicion, he would immediately be dismissed from his job. Due to the devotion of Muslims to cleanliness, the bath sector was making a very good turnover.
European Christians, who recognized these baths during the Crusades, revived this idea in Europe when they returned to their countries. These baths, called "Stew" (public hall) , suddenly became popular in England and France. However, these structures, like their predecessors in Rome, were increasingly abused. So much so that baths, consisting of galleries for x-ray purposes, were built. Apart from the fact that these structures became centers of adultery, the fact that they caused epidemic diseases annoyed the church, which did not like to wash.
There was a reason why Christian clergymen regarded the act of washing as a bad deed ... Long after the advent of Christianity, they responded to the exasperation of Roman baths with tephritis and banned cleaning radically. VI. In the century, Aziz Benedikt was addressing the religious and especially the youth as follows; "The bathroom is only in some cases subject to permission." If Saint Francis is; He sewed a hair on him saying "Unwashed body is a sign of piety. Isabella, Queen of Spain, boasted of having bathed only twice in her lifetime, at her birth and at her bride. In England at that time, bathing was not possible although it was requested. Because running water could not be found. Rivers were cold to bathe, fuel expensive, and soap was hard to find. Moreover, cleaning was not a part of folk culture.
On the other side of the water; The leaders of the American colonists did not find the bathroom "innocent" because it conjured up casual sex. In the states of Pennsylvania and Virginia, laws either prohibited or restricted bathing. In Philadelphia, people who took more than one bath in a month were even imprisoned.
However, at that time, Turkish people knew how to fight the diseases with vaccines, let alone knowing how germs were transmitted. Akşemseddin, who was the teacher of Fatih in the 1400s and was also a microbiology expert in today's term, did not only describe the microbe, but also wrote works on how to avoid it. In the 1600s, Lady Montague, in letters she wrote from Istanbul, mentions that she had her young son vaccinated with smallpox and wanted the vaccine to be used in England, but British doctors would not pay attention to it.
Europeans and Americans lived in terrible filth until the early 20th century, and many died young from diseases related to it. In the 1800s, the mortality rate from diarrhea in children was incredible. Because mothers did not wash their hands after toileting, they passed bacteria to their babies. Western people could only survive this situation in the 20th century.
