 Frequently, the cruel countess would discover the secret of blood bathing when she slapped a female servant in rage, splashing parts of her own skin with blood.Upon removal of the blood, that portion of skin would seem younger and more beautiful than before.This legend appeared in print for the first time in 1729, in the Jesuit scholar László Turóczi's "Tragica Historia", the first written account of the Báthory case.