Earth-bathing: the 18th-century doctor who believed burying yourself in dirt could heal the body

In the late eighteenth century, Scottish physician James Graham (1745–1794) promoted an unconventional therapy he called 'earth-bathing.' He claimed that burying the body in freshly dug soil could heal everything from nervous disorders to rheumatism. For Graham, the Earth was a 'great, huge Animal' whose energy could renew human health when people reconnected with it directly. — Read the rest
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