The Red Cloud chief., 1879-11-20
Turkish IHammams.

The Turks are generally healthy and
free from many ui tho mslidir, com.
mon To- other countries. Dyspepsia,
govt, rheumatism. neuralgia, and AZ.
iccttpn, ni the liver and kidneys and II
the ~cutaucpu> surface are quite uucum-
mon. Consumption i, lv>, known. and
i even more dreaded than the plague.
AMI l. considered So Infection, that Al
| cluthiu" worn 10y the deceased is burned
Aside from tine advantages of the eli
mate. the clcauliGc,, II tn people,
through ia, universal employment of
Turkish bathing. J. ~ small factor IN
>cCurin. immunity from disease. The
hlmmam> in Con>tnnlinuplr, a, well a,
Throughout; the empire. are open ~
dawn, and. a. the habit IF early rising
prevails, they are ;hruugcd hy those
who seek their invigoratiug benefit.
The bath before breakfast j. found :" Dee
the most >alutary aud strengthening
Ii i, IN fact, the best possible pr,ptrl-
ton for the li'ic- of The day. however
%arlUuUS. By thi, means cleanliness.
comfort and Cnut,u'mcut are secured.
aud the duration II life greatly en-
HANGED. The small cost place, this
luxurious necessity within thr rc.ch Of
every citizen.
MOhammcd mad" abiutiou a part Of
religion his followers, therefore, feel 70
incumbent upon them L. cn,lnw bathing
establishments for the good of the pub
liz. A. these institutions are charita-
bic, no iiNcl price i demanded. and il
i left Ia the option If the haihcr to con
tribute what he choo~c> Ia IA" current
expenses. Although these bath, seem
10 have existed fypm time ~immcmprial
in the East, their Introduction into this
country marks little more than a >ingl,
decade.
The finest bath, of the Orient. though
more costly, are less effective than th.
best American structure. There J.,
much relating 81 the administration q,
well Il the construction of baths which
the Orient might wisely learn Of the DC
cident.
Cleanliness and health are the pri-
mary objects sought in all bathing. aud
those who have submitted % immersion.
fumigation. >teaming. ar vaporatinn
have only Ia employ Turkish bath, To
find not only that they can battle more
.a@rceably, comfortably, more e.
fectiyely, more luxuriou>ly, but that
hitherto they were moi clean; that thew
belonged Ia "thc great unwashcd. " .
Thi, recalls with new force what was
said of Turkish bathing by that di.iin-
gui>lied American, Edwin Forrest, who
declared, with almost tragic emphasis,
=. The man who has not taken a Turk
iSh bath has never risen "a the moral
IF being personally clean"
The greatest offenders against clean
illness and intelligence are those who
pretend la give Turkish baths in a sort
If sentry box, sometimes excluding and
sometime, including the head. Only
hose without brains can escape cerebral
congestion. II NAV Ice enumerated that
IN atmosphere unfit for the head i onE,
Tor the body. The skin. a. well a, the
has l. part to perform in the
If elimination - well n rc-pi-
and in these boyc. the cffeie Gle
evolved from the surface are r.
in contact with the body, and A.
hey can not escape they are reab~Orbed,
endering benefit A. impossible a, in
ury j. inevitable. To call this Turkish
j. no less "A libel upon the Turks
han a reflection upon the good sense If
hose whose indi>creiiOn permits them
D be deceived and injured. -SdHitIriqH. :