"Don't throw the baby out..."
Sadly, any discussion of the origin of this proverb has to refer to... [DOC] [TLE] 7 Tall Tales About Life in the 1500s and the Origins of Phrases ... [PAR] Mar 12, 2014 ... By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in ithence the 
saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.".