The Turkish Bath, Its Design and ConstructionAllsop, Robert Owen
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The Turkish Bath, Its Design and Construction
Allsop, Robert Owen
Baths, Turkish
Hydropathic establishments, the bath in, 134
I.
Invalids, consideration for, in bathing establishments, 138
Irish "sweating houses," old, 5, 13
L.
Laconicum, the, 4, 32
ceiling of, 35
floor of, 116
Ladies' baths, 14, 44, 111
Laundry, 16
Lavatorium, the, 4, 43
and shampooing room, 41
the hydropathic, 138
of private bath, 128
washing basins in, 43
water fittings of, 89
Lavatrina, the, 119, 127
M.
Mont Dore, baths at the Hotel, 135
cure, the, 136
Moorish bath, heating of the, 59
_Mustaby_, the Turkish, 57
O.
Obstacles to the progress of the bath, 1
Oriental colour decoration, 110
P.
Pay office, the, 14
Perspiration, object of, 11
Plumbing, 88, 100
Plunge bath, the, 46
between hot rooms and frigidarium, 12
chamber, lighting of, 104
construction of, 48
decoration of, 113
depth of, 48
for private baths, 129
in hydropathic establishments, 138
water fittings of, 99
Popular ignorance and the bath, 1
Processes of the bath, 11
Public Baths and Wash-houses Act, inadequacy of, 7
Public baths in England, unworthy of the nation, 29
general disposition of plan of, 17
R.
Rest after bath, necessity for, 13
Roman baths, method of heating the old, 59
nature of heat in old, 79
S.
Sanitary accommodation, necessity for care in providing, 15
Shampooer, space required by each, 43
Shampooing and the private bath, 128
benches, 34, 42
positions of bather during, 43
value of, 12
and washing room combined, arrangement of, 43
room, 42
ventilation of, 42
lighting of, 104
Shower for head, 100
preliminary warm, 44
So-called Turkish baths, their harmfulness, 2
Stokery, the, 15
Stoves, attributes of good, 64
Convolute, 264
heating power of 80
method, of constructing, furnace chamber for, 64
iron, 63
objections to exposing in hot rooms, 72
plain iron radiating 125
radiating surfaces of, 63
Subsidiary apartments of the bath, 32
Sudatorium, best position for bathers in 38
Sudatory chamber, a simple, 119
T.
Tank, hot water, 87
Temperature, importance of maintaining 79
of bath rooms 78
regulating, 80
variations in 79
Tepidarium, the 4, 32
drinking fountain in, 100
mosaic floors in, 108
of private bath, 128
old Roman, 39
_Thermæ_, old Roman, 3
Tonic baths 92
Transmission of heated air, prevention of, 36
heat, 36
Treatment, course of, in the bath, 11
Turkish bath, association of miscellaneous hydropathic baths with
the, 134
building, field for activity in 139
for animals 141
for horses 141
Great Northern Railway Company's 141
heating of the true 59
the, a misnomer 5
what it is, 4
direction in which improvement may be made in the, 60
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