Manual of the Turkish bath : heat, a mode of cure and a source of strength for men and animals / from the writings of Mr. Urquhart ; edited by John Fife.

  • David Urquhart
Date:
1865
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Credit: Manual of the Turkish bath : heat, a mode of cure and a source of strength for men and animals / from the writings of Mr. Urquhart ; edited by John Fife. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    Prospectus.] [July, 1864. i THE HAMMAM (TUEKI8H B^TH), 76, JERMYN STREET. THE BUILDING. The building is the Hammam of the Turks, without dirty water running on the floors, heavy moisture, droppings from the roof, plaster on the wall, cockroaches, and pattens. Tin: foot itself may bo placed on the marble. The money has been subscribed, not with a view to profit, but to prevent spurious imitations from discrediting a beneficial process, and rendering its introduction impossible. In Turkey these edifices have been reared by the munificence of Sultans, and the generosity of pious Mussulmans. The Original Design being now in progress of completion, the area for accommodation will be considerably extended. The Sun's Rays will be largely admitted into the New 1 A Sweating Room, with Radiating Heat up to 250°, will be provided for patients, with a separate entrance. ITS USE IN HEALTH. By close-fitting clothing the skin becomes inert and is covered with a horny substance which impedes the escape ot poisonous matters by perspiration—hence the aggravation of all disease, or its origin. Heat frees the skin ; shampooing <.
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