New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-16
THE TURKISH BATH AS A REMEDY.

To the EditOr OF The Tribune.
SIR: If any communication to the press can
be timely that must surely be which, at this
season. aims to the public how to colds with
out medicine or loss OF time New-York has OF the
most trying Winter climates In the world; and the
writer has just passed safely through remarkable and
dangerous experience he deems 1t a matter OF simple
duty 10 call attention to his and state the means
by which his condition has been changed from disabling
illness to comparative health.
Something less than a year ago. caught a severe
cold, resulting in violent cough which speedily de-
stroyed my appetite aud strength tenacious consti
tuition carried through the Winter aud Spring. and
the Summer brought "A temporary relief; but that
only by the substitution OF variety OF other
the depurating organs Of the body. and a conse,
quent impurty OF the blood; with the cold
weather in the Fall, my cough returned with
all its former violence; and It became
apparent that lungs could long Withstand the terrible
alleged remedies Of the diff rent medical schools which
seemed TO give promise OF cure was driven, IN sheer
desperation and In spite OF precouceved prejudice, To
try the hot air and cold water process, known the
Turkish hath TO 90 this the more efficiently became
an inmate OF the Home of Health of Dr. +. T. Miller,
Nos. 80 and Al West Twenty-sixth-st., IN this city,
about the middle OF last November As preliminary.
other appliances used for about three weeks dur
ing when time my cough became worse and appetite
strength failed TO an alarming extent Under these
gng circumstances all other treatment dis
continued and the of the Turkish bath commenced
and sstonshment OF the inmates OF the house and
TO my own inc xpressbe relief, an Immediate improve
ment took place, resulting within three weeks In com
plee removal OF the cough and restoration OF appetite
The symptomatic changes which accompanied this re-
suit were most instructive Previously the circulation
OF the blood was feeble causing sensations or chill In
the skin with cold sweats In the night. No amount OF
bedcothing seemed sufficient TO produce warmth and
fires were insufficient 10 secure COMFORT during tue
day. This external cold accompanied by Internal
fever The baths changed these conditions Immediately
The blood was drawn from the congested internal
organs and ditfused through the skin, which became
warm; the extra clothing was removed from my pea
and the night sweats ceased. while during the day be-
came indifferent cOld-eveu ~ draughts which were
before a constant terrorand as anxious TO avoid the
fire AS before was TO seek It. resumed a former
habit OF sleeping with an open window IN my room.
This great Improvement seems permanent and enter
tam the hope that shall soon succeed by continuing
the use OF the same means In radically curing the
causes which have destroyed my health for the past
year so strongly do believe the curative effects Of
the Turkish bath aready recognized as an efficient pre-
ventvel, that confident IL Will yet become general
in its use BY purifying the blood. and stimulating the
SKIN that chief OF the depuratiDg organs TO healthy
action 1t strikes at the very root OF disease An incipi-
ent cold any character often be cured by single
BATH thus preventing long period OF disease. with
possible fatal termination. Used with skill. this agency
Is as innocent powerful mparting strength and
doing nothing IN the case OF indications, which Ma
ture will afterward be compelled 10 undo. J.h.w.
Nec York, Feb Is, 1874