从中世纪开始,许多人都认为洗澡是不健康的行为,会带来疾病。有人甚至认为,洗澡是一种罪。17世纪的欧洲人对个人卫生并不怎么在意,他们很少洗澡;要洗也是那些最有钱的人才洗。这些富人使用木制或铜制的澡盆,澡盆前生一堆火;洗澡水在厨房烧热再由仆人装进桶里带上楼。当时的肥皂非常昂贵,即使要用,也只能 Since the Middle Ages, many people think bathing is unhealthy and can cause illness. Some people even think that bathing is a sin. The seventeenth-century Europeans did not care much about personal hygiene, they seldom take a bath; they were also washed by the richest people. These rich people use wooden or copper baths, a fire in front of the bath; bath water is heated in the kitchen and then brought into the bucket by servants. The soap was very expensive at that time, even if it was used