Public baths already existed in Greece nearly
1000 years before Jesus Christ, following the
example of the Orientals who are considered the
first to build public buildings for this purpose
Rome always took care of hygiene systems to
avoid diseases, this included the installation of
latrines in large public buildings
Hygiene from the Middle Ages to the century XVIII
Thel old Renaissance contempt towards that
time, related the medieval man with the
barbarism, the dirt, the childlike naivety that
would lead him to underestimate the
consequences of the lack of hygiene
regarding the contagions.
Middle Ages, "the contempt for the mundane and
the change in the customs of personal hygiene,
considering the immoral contemplation of the
body itself, made the body bath abandoned"
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the
phantasmagoric arose over water, being
perceived as something capable of infiltrating
the body, so that the bathroom, at the same
time, acquires a very specific state.
MODERN LIFE.
ADVANCES IN HEALTH
1.-Careful
bandages. 2.- Blood
transfusion. 3.-
First measurements
of arterial pressure.
Artery knots and
ligatures
according to
Ambroise Paré
EVOLUTION OF CARE
Protestant reform
triumphed
Abandonment of sick
monasteries in the
care of "women of bad
life"
TRANSFORMATION OF HOSPITALS
Governed by
religious orders. It
was used to
welcome those
who "bothered"
society, drunk and
mentally ill