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Originally Posted by Michael Hopcroft
hygiene consisted mainly of a daily bath in cold water (which was very unpleasant and did little for them in sanitation functions, since cold water doesn't do anything to germs).
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Neither does hot water, unless it's hot enough to cause burns, and no one bathes in boiling water. The chief antiseptic action of bathing is simply washing away the dirt and dead skin that microorganisms can live in and feed on.