The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-09 00:00:00

The Turkish Bath, Jermyn-street.

Another little reminder (that is, to the reading
public) of the excellence of the Turkish Bath, has
recently made its appearance very opporttinely. It
is in the form of a thin brochure, only a few pages
in length—pages extracted (for separate publication
thus as a pamphlet) from the " Manual of the
Turkish Bath," by Sir John Fife, M.D., F.R.C.S.,
Senior Surgeon of the Newcastle Infirmary. And]
we are in no way surprised that pages such as these
should have been extracted thus from a goodly
volume like that of Sir John Fife's, for separate
publication in this readily readable form, by the
promoters of that haunt at once of health and of
luxury, 76, Jermyn-street, St. James's. Those
already habituated to the luxurious means for pro-
moting health supplied to them by those admirable
Baths, need no reminder of the excellency
of the system of the Turkish Bath so-
called—the old classic bath of antiquity—
the bath familiar to Roman civilisation. From page
372 of Sir John Fife's book we take the following
half-dozen benefits assured to agriculturists, upon
the application of the Turkish Bath system to the
system of Farming:—
"1. Cure of sickness in cattle, sheep and pigs.
"2. Saving of mortality in young stock.
"3. Fortifying the horses engaged in ploughing and
draught.

"4. Increasing flesh and milk.
"5. Increasing the productiveness of stock.
"6. Collateral advantages : drying harness, clothes,
saving damaged grain and seeds, saving of sickness to
farm servants; and also to the farmer himself and his

family.
Again—from page 380 of the same work—we take
the following eight good results (among Horses) of
the Turkish Bath, as employed in the Stable
_ _

"1. The skin is cleansed far more completely than by
,my other method of grooming.
"2. The system relieves itself, through the skin, of every
kind of impunity.
"3. The animal is enabled to bear, with perfect impunity,
the greatest alterations of heat and cold.
"4. The appetite, so frequently a poor one in training, is
increased, and digestion promoted.
"5. The lungs are brought into strong play, without in-
creased action of heart and pulse.

" What is commonly called inside fat of heart and lungs
is removed, and the wind consequently greatly improved ;
and this without the fearful wear and tear of legs and con-
stitution, now so universally practised to attain that object.
" 7. Aloes and other drastics become superfluous.

" 8. And lastly, whereas, in the opinion of the first trainers
of the day, by the present system, it is impossible to bring
a horse fit to the post more than once or twice in the year
for a great race, by the use of tho bath he may ever be in
the highest state of condition." _

Admiral Rous related two years ago in the Times
the advantageous effects produced among the equine
race by the application of the system of the Turkish
Bath in the training of Horses. Mr. Striven has,
here, more at length, in the excellent pamphlet now
under consideration, recorded his experiences during
four years consecutively of the same Bath as em-
ployed on an Irish Farm under his own immediate
observation. To those who are still sceptical upon

the matter of the good derivable from the Turkish
Bath, among the Human Race, among Horses,
among farm cattle, among domestic animals, we
would at any rate commend this excellent little
pamphlet, a pamphlet that any one may glance
through in ten minutes very pleasantly.