Turkish bath hand book / edited and compiled by Geo. F. Adams.

  • Adams, George F.
Date:
1881
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Turkish bath hand book / edited and compiled by Geo. F. Adams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    mer cannol enjoy the bath as well as the latter, 01 quently, they must uol attempt to take too loug baths at i be commencement of i he course. 5. On entering the shani] ing room, first in order is io have ilic shampooing table warm, <>r hot even. No i>ih' should allow themselves to lie down upon ;i cold, or even u cool slab; ( better ten times ir<> without your shampoo, however much you may enjoy the ma- nipulator's gentle touch) : for a cold is sure to follow such m perversion of what a Turkish Bath should be. ii. To gel the ionic or stimulating effecl of the bath the attendant should work rapidly and vigorously, ( not roughly, by any means); let the manipulations be quiet and gentle; use warm water freely for cleansing the body from soap: then cool, followed by cold, for a few seconds. In cold weather the time occupied in spraying off and cooling should nol be more than two minutes, then the bather sets the tonic and stimulating effects of a Turkish Bath. On the contrary, if the bather allows the attendant to spray him for li\e or ten minutes, as many do, it takes the electricity all out of a person, and utterly destroys the good effects of r proper bath A man is nol a fish, and cannot flourish and grow strong under such treatment, however pleas- ant it may be to the bather. 7. The skin is besl allowed to dry in a warm sheet, while taking rest on the couch in the cooling room. Very little rubbing should be done with towels, as the skin is very sensitive and delicate after a Turkish hath. The time spent in the Cooling room—t be luxurious time of the hath -may be from fifteen minutes to a half hour, or longer if desired.
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