Some records suggest that people in Azerbaijan were taking crude oil baths as early as 6th century.
I can't say what's true but it seems to make sense that people were fascinated by a liquid pouring from the ground. Just like when plutonium was first discovered it was used for health.
> Just like when plutonium was first discovered it was used for health
[citation needed] because this doesn't really seem to be the case. Although apparently there were eventually some plutonium based pacemakers in the 70s, plutonium itself was first produced in the 40s but I couldn't really find how it was used for health except for some highly unethical studies done on radiation.
I can't say what's true but it seems to make sense that people were fascinated by a liquid pouring from the ground. Just like when plutonium was first discovered it was used for health.