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2000 B.C.EgyptThe Egyptians use baths for therapeutic purposes. The earli-est forms of hot tubs are simply a caldera in which sizzling stones are placed to heat the water.

460 B.C.GreeceHippocrates proposes a health regimen which includes bathing, perspi-ration, walking, and massages. The baths are often combined with gymnastics and educa-tion, the precursors of the gymnasium.

476 A.D.EuropeCleanliness goes to the wayside. The Church views the practice of bathing as a prelude to forbidden behavior and sin.

737 A.D.JapanThe first "onsen" opens near Izumo. An onsen is a public bathing house which uses water from a hot spring.

1571ItalyThe idea of baths as sources of disease starts to give way to the idea of bathing for medicinal purposes. The ‘culture of bath-ing’ starts to spread across Europe.

1800GermanyDoctors are convinced that for each disease there is an appropriate medicinal spring, which could be discovered through chemical analysis of the waters.

1940USAthe first home hot tubs begin to appear, mostly in California. they are made from used oak barrels, wine tanks and olive vats.

1950USAThe Jacuzzi brothers invent and begin to sell the J-300, a portable hydro-therapy pump, and a small niche business is born.

1970s onwardUSAFiberglass shell hot tubs appear, then cast acrylic shells. For the first time, it is finally easy to achieve water cleanliness. Manufacturers install pumps, filters, control systems and, of course, jets. The modern era of hot tubs has arrived!

1968USARoy Jacuzzi invents and markets the first self-contained, fully integrated whirlpool bath. By incor-porating jets into the sides of the tub, it becomes the bath that single-handedly creats an industry.

2000 B.C.EgyptThe Egyptians use baths for therapeutic purposes. The earli-est forms of hot tubs are simply a caldera in which sizzling stones are placed to heat the water.

460 B.C.GreeceHippocrates proposes a health regimen which includes bathing, perspi-ration, walking, and massages. The baths are often combined with gymnastics and educa-tion, the precursors of the gymnasium.

476 A.D.EuropeCleanliness goes to the wayside. The Church views the practice of bathing as a prelude to forbidden behavior and sin.

737 A.D.JapanThe first "onsen" opens near Izumo. An onsen is a public bathing house which uses water from a hot spring.

1571ItalyThe idea of baths as sources of disease starts to give way to the idea of bathing for medicinal purposes. The ‘culture of bath-ing’ starts to spread across Europe.

1800GermanyDoctors are convinced that for each disease there is an appropriate medicinal spring, which could be discovered through chemical analysis of the water.

1940USAThe first home hot tubs begin to appear, mostly in California. they are made from used oak barrels, wine tanks and olive vats.

1950USAThe Jacuzzi brothers invent and begin to sell the J-300, a portable hydro-therapy pump, and a small niche business is born.

1970s onwardUSAFiberglass shell hot tubs appear, then cast acrylic shells. For the first time, it is finally easy to achieve water cleanliness. Manufacturers install pumps, filters, control systems and, of course, jets. The modern era of hot tubs has arrived!

1968USARoy Jacuzzi invents and markets the first self-contained, fully integrated whirlpool bath. By incor-porating jets into the sides of the tub, it becomes the bath that single-handedly creates an industry.