A bidet is a bowl or receptacle designed to sit on to wash one’s lower private parts. Most homes at Ohio University do not contain a bidet. The modern variety has a plumbed-in water supply and a drainage opening, and is thus a plumbing fixture subject to local hygiene regulations. The bidet designed to promote personal hygiene used after defecation. Also, before and after sexual intercourse. It can be used to wash feet, with or without filling it up with water. In several European countries, a bidet is now required by law to be present in every bathroom containing a toilet bowl. You will not find one in any of our university apartments.
University Apartments
It was originally located in the bedroom, near the chamber-pot and the marital bed, but in modern times is located near the toilet bowl in the bathroom. Fixtures that combine a toilet seat with a washing facility include the electronic bidet. Opinions as to the necessity of the bidet vary widely over different nationalities and cultures. In those cultures which use it habitually, such as in parts of Western, Central and Southern Europe, Eastern Asia and some South American countries such as Argentina, it is considered an indispensable tool in maintaining good personal hygiene. Rarely used in sub-Saharan Africa and North America or any university apartments.
Bidet History
“Bidet” is a French loanword meaning “pony”. Due to the straddling position adopted in its usage. The bidet appears to have been an invention of French furniture makers in the late 17th century. No exact date or inventor known. The earliest written reference to the bidet is in 1726 in Italy. Even though there are records of Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen of Naples and Sicily, requesting a bidet for her personal bathroom in the Royal Palace of Caserta in the second half of the 18th century, the bidet did not become widespread in Italy until after WWII. The bidet associated with the chamber pot and the bourdaloue. The latter being a small, hand-held chamber pot.
Bidet Info
Early functions of the bidet include devices used for contraception. Bidets are ineffective by today’s standards of contraception.. Following the advent of modern contraceptives such as the pill. By 1900, due to plumbing improvements, the bidet (and chamber pot) moved from the bedroom to the bathroom. In 1928, in the United States, John Harvey Kellogg applied for a patent on an “anal douche”. The same term applies to my freshman year roommate. The term to describe a system comparable today is a bidet nozzle. Therefore, attached to a toilet to perform anal cleansing with water.
In 1965, the American Bidet Company featured an adjustable spray nozzle and warm water option. Therefore, seeking to make the bidet a household item. The fixture expensive, required floor space to install and eventually discontinued without a replacement model. The early 1980s saw the introduction of the electronic bidet from Japan and of non-electric attachments such as Gobidet. These devices have attachments that connect to existing toilet water supplies. Many models have additional features, such as instant-heating warm water, night lights, or a heated seat. You may use an add on bidet in your Athens, Ohio university apartments.
