The oil dispersion bath was developed by [[Werner Junge]] in 1937 as a medical therapy. Based on a note by Rudolf Steiner on the treatment of sugar dysentery ([[Wikipedia:diabetes mellitus|diabetes mellitus]]) (I. Medical Course, 1920, Dornach) "on the effect of finely atomized oils,"<ref>{{Cite GA Steiner|title=Geisteswissenschaft und Medizin|volume=312|number=|trans-title=Spiritual Science and Medicine|author-link=wikipedia:Rudolf Steiner}}</ref> he designed the first oil dispersion bath apparatus. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oelundwasser.de/das-oeldispersionsbad/ |title=Das Oeldispersionsbad|website=Website of the International Verein for Öldispersion bath therapy|language=de|first=Erika|last=Boschan|trans-title=The oil dispersion bath|access-date=2020-11-09}}</ref> The name oil dispersion bath goes back to the anthroposophical physician [[Hans Klett]], who called the oil-water mixture dispersion.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=So entstand das Öldispersionsbad|volume=43|date=September 1990|url=https://www.firma-indruk.nl/pags/docs/22_entstehen_oldisp.pdf_2825.pdf|journal=[[Der Merkurstab]]|issn=0935-798X|first=Franziska|last=Junge|page=338 - 339|issue=5|trans-title=How the oil dispersion bath was created}} (url in Anthromedics: https://www.anthromedics.org/DMS-15685-DE)</ref> In 2001, bath therapists joined forces in the International Association for Oil Dispersion Bath Therapy according to Werner Junge.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.100jahrezukunft.de/anthro-medizin/historie/in-der-praxis/die-oeldiespersionsbadetherapie-entsteht |title=Die Öldispersionsbadetherapie entsteht |website=100 Jahre Zukunft |access-date=2020-11-09|language=de}}</ref> | The oil dispersion bath was developed by [[Werner Junge]] in 1937 as a medical therapy. Based on a note by Rudolf Steiner on the treatment of sugar dysentery ([[Wikipedia:diabetes mellitus|diabetes mellitus]]) (I. Medical Course, 1920, Dornach) "on the effect of finely atomized oils,"<ref>{{Cite GA Steiner|title=Geisteswissenschaft und Medizin|volume=312|number=|trans-title=Spiritual Science and Medicine|author-link=wikipedia:Rudolf Steiner}}</ref> he designed the first oil dispersion bath apparatus. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oelundwasser.de/das-oeldispersionsbad/ |title=Das Oeldispersionsbad|website=Website of the International Verein for Öldispersion bath therapy|language=de|first=Erika|last=Boschan|trans-title=The oil dispersion bath|access-date=2020-11-09}}</ref> The name oil dispersion bath goes back to the anthroposophical physician [[Hans Klett]], who called the oil-water mixture dispersion.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=So entstand das Öldispersionsbad|volume=43|date=September 1990|url=https://www.firma-indruk.nl/pags/docs/22_entstehen_oldisp.pdf_2825.pdf|journal=[[Der Merkurstab]]|issn=0935-798X|first=Franziska|last=Junge|page=338 - 339|issue=5|trans-title=How the oil dispersion bath was created}} (url in Anthromedics: https://www.anthromedics.org/DMS-15685-DE)</ref> In 2001, bath therapists joined forces in the International Association for Oil Dispersion Bath Therapy according to Werner Junge.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.100jahrezukunft.de/anthro-medizin/historie/in-der-praxis/die-oeldiespersionsbadetherapie-entsteht |title=Die Öldispersionsbadetherapie entsteht |website=100 Jahre Zukunft |access-date=2020-11-09|language=de}}</ref> |