History Main / FootBathTreatment

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}} #123'' used this in the splash panel. The plot of the story is that a crook wished away Superman's powers, leaving him mortal and vulnerable. The opening panel shows [[https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-j73OGOelsbs/TXlzvLDezAI/AAAAAAAAAKc/_udKCeNXDok/s1600/Superman_123.2.jpg him sneezing while Jimmy Olsen pours hot water into the bucket at his feet.]]

** ''Putty Tat Trouble'' concludes with Sylvester the cat and his rival in their respective apartments shivering and sneezing with their feet in washpans of hot water. Both cats had fallen through the ice on a frozen pond, courtesy of Tweety and his trusty ice pick.
** Referenced in ''The Unmentionables''; as Rocky and Muggsy prepare CementShoes for a blindfolded Bugs Bunny, he complains "Look, fellas, how many times do I have to tell ya? I haven't got a cold!"

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* ''ComicBook/BouleEtBill'': One gag sees Boule and Bill walking home through a snow storm, with every person they encounter wishing them good health. The final image depicts the two having caught a cold, and getting a foot bath treatment.

This practice is derived from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrotherapy hydrotherapy]], which was popular in the 19th century, and remains so in alternative medicine circles. As such, this trope is related to HealingSpring, although it's performed with ordinary heated water, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_bath occasionally with mustard powder added]], rather than some kind of magical water.

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* ''Franchise/{{Superman}} #123'' used this in the splash panel. The plot of the story is that a crook wished away Superman's powers, leaving him mortal and vulnerable. The opening panel shows [[https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-j73OGOelsbs/TXlzvLDezAI/AAAAAAAAAKc/_udKCeNXDok/s1600/Superman_123.2.jpg him sneezing while Jimmy Olsen pours hot water into the bucket at his feet]].

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* Non-cold variant: ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'' episode "Unbearable Peevly" has zookeeper Peevly soaking his feet in hot water after all the dancing he did at a circus (long story).

With the understanding that colds are caused by viruses, rather than actually being cold, the use of foot baths for the common cold has decreased, although it can cause relief from some of the muscular aches and fatigue having a cold can bring.