A 2022 article in Sustainable Water Resources Management by Voudouris, Yapijakis, Georgaki and Angelakis surveying the history of therapeutic bathing in the thermal and mineral springs of the Hellenic world from the Homeric era through the Roman period; cited here for the earliest documented therapeutic bathing practice underlying balneotherapy.
Facts
AuthorK. Voudouris, C. Yapijakis, M-N. Georgaki, A.N. Angelakis
PublisherSustainable Water Resources Management
Publication Year2022
URLhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9768399/
Source Typeacademic-history
Reliability Tier2
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Historical Issues of Hydrotherapy in Thermal-Mineral Springs of the Hellenic World
K. Voudouris, C. Yapijakis, M-N. Georgaki, A.N. Angelakis, Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2022selfQuote, self
This article deals with a synoptic review of the role of mineral thermal springs in hydrotherapy in Greece through the centuries.
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This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Treatments, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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