Your advisors at My Thalazur space Thalasso Mineral Therapies By Thalazur Receive our offers Contact us The Thalazur brand Our destinations Brochures & Prices Photos & Videos Gift boxes Marine Cosmetics You are here: Thalazur > Thalasso > thalassotherapy Guide > Thalassotherapy, its origin Thalassotherapy, its origin Thalassotherapy is the curative or preventive use of marine resources. In this word we find "therapy", that is to say care, associated with "thalasso" (from the Greek "thalassa") which means "sea". Seawater, recognized for its therapeutic benefits, is therefore at the heart, like many other marine agents, of the care provided during thalassotherapy. If its virtues have been known since antiquity, it was Doctor de la Bonnardière who introduced the name of Thalassotherapy in his thesis entitled "introduction to thalassotherapy" in 1865. He then worked in Arcachon, which became the first official destination for care. sailors. And already in Antiquity… "The sea washes all the evils of man" Thus spoke the Greek poet Euripides. The benefits of seawater were already the prerogative of the citizens of classical Athens. Besides the sea power of the city, it is from the sea that the Greek historian Herodotus, considered as "the father of history" also praises by writing: "the sun cure and the sea cure s 'impose in the majority of the diseases and especially in the affections of the woman " . The Romans and their thermal baths offer, a century later, the opportunity to give pride of place to marine benefits without distinction of sex. Mud and sea baths are then widely used to treat various ailments. Cleopatra will also make them famous by having mud from the Dead Sea delivered to her. When English doctors advocate bathing After medieval period is not conducive to the use of water, it is the surgeon Ambroise Pare King Henry III in the late 16 th century that gives the public a taste of practice sea baths for the cure of certain skin diseases. But only in the mid 17 th century that the sea and its curators properties are set to honor thanks to Dr. John Floyer. Graduated with a doctorate in medicine, and knighted by the King of England for all of his work, he recommends the use of cold baths to relieve rheumatism. We now recognize the healing properties of sea water Dr. Richard Russel, also English, in a first treatise on the subject, published in 1750, advocates the immersion of the body in sea water as well as the ingestion of it. If its recommendations on baths are somewhat related to modern thalassotherapy, drinking sea water is little or not used today as a "treatment". The virtues of sea bathing gained the French coasts It was in 1820 that English practices pierced the French coast. Various hot sea bathing establishments were built throughout the 19th century: from Dieppe to Biarritz, via Sète, the centers flourished and became popular. René Quinton, a researcher at the Collège de France, a French naturalist and biologist, was the first to lay the scientific foundations for seawater therapy in 1897. His work on the sea and its organisms have a great resonance in the scientific world which sees in him the "French Darwin". In 1904, he published “Sea water organic medium” with the subtitle “Constance of the original marine environment as a vital medium for cells, through the animal series” and elaborated the famous “Marine Plasma” loaded with mineral salts and trace elements. Birth of the first thalasso The first real "thalasso" center was awarded to Doctor Louis Eugène Bagot, with the opening in Roscoff of the "Rockroum" title. For the first time, rheumatics are invited to enjoy heated sea water. It is on the model of "Rockroum" that, from the years 1950, the Thalassotherapy institutes will multiply and are above all "medicalized". The contemporary centers are largely oriented on the concepts of comfort and well-being, highlighting, in an often luxurious setting, the sun and the environment as complementary assets. Previous page Cabourg Ouistreham Royan Arcachon Saint-Jean-de-Luz Port Camargue Bandol Antibes About Thalazur ›Our 8 thalasso destinations ›Thalassotherapy Mineral Therapies Thalazur & you ›Your Thalazur Space ›Thalazur is recruiting ›Works Councils 8 thalassotherapy destinations ›Thalazur Cabourg ›Thalazur Ouistreham ›Thalazur Royan ›Thalazur Arcachon ›Thalazur Saint-Jean-de-Luz ›Thalazur Port Camargue ›Thalazur Bandol ›Thalazur Antibes 8 Hotels by Thalazur ›Hotel Cabourg ›Ouistreham Hotel ›Hotel Royan ›Hotel Arcachon ›Hotel Saint-Jean-de-Luz ›Le Grau du Roi Hotel ›Hotel Bandol ›Antibes Hotel Useful information ›The Thalazur philosophy > Terms of Sales > Legal Notice > Sitemap ›Guide to thalassotherapy