Temperature of the bath; mutual relations between temperature, size of apartment, moisture of atmosphere, and number of bathers; temperature relative to these conditions; effects of temperature in water, vapour, and air; man's capability of supporting temperatures of remarkable altitude in dry air; Mr. Urquhart's Laconicum; Sir Charles Blagden's experiments; Sir Francis Chantrey's oven; Chabert, the Fire King pp. 58-61 The best temperature for the purposes of Health; practice of the Romans, who lost the bath, compared with that of the Turks, who have preserved it; philosophy of the bath; talking and thinking to be avoided in the bath; inconveniences of the bath to the novitiate; the cause and its remedy; advice; peculiarities or idiosyncrasies of constitution; wisdom of the Turks pp. 61, 63 Duration of the bath; influenced by temperature and idiosyncrasy, pp. 63-64 Second operation of the bath; shampooing; proper moment for the process; the Turkish process; the Moorish process; Captain Clark Kennedy's description of the Moorish Bath, and the operation of shampooing; the British shampooer, pp. 64-72 Third operation of the bath; the peeling of the scarf-skin; manner of performance; the camel's-hair or goat's-hair glove pp. 72-74 Fourth operation of the bath; soaping; the wisp of lyf; the warm shower; the cold douche; alternate hot and cold douche; closure of the pores; restoration of the warmth of the skin pp. 74-76 The Frigidarium; the process of cooling; the purified skin; sensations after the bath; the ordinary dress resumed; illustration of the use and effects of the bath in dispelling the cravings of hunger and fatigue pp. 77-79 Mr. Urquhart's bath; the Laconicum; the spiracle of sweet perfumes; the Lavatrina; the cold pool; the hot and cold douche; breakfast; _kuscoussoo_; the chemistry of the preparation of food; its value to man pp. 79-87 My own bath at Richmond Hill pp. 88-89 CHAPTER II. REVIVAL AND SANITARY PURPOSES OF THE EASTERN BATH. General idea of the bath; and of its sanitary application; its popularity with the working classes pp. 90-92 Construction of the bath, illustrated by the description of Mr. Witt's bath; the Calidarium; the heating apparatus; materials of construction; the flue; the _dureta_; Mr. Stewart Rolland's bath; the Lavatorium; the Frigidarium, pp. 93-102