Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-04-09
4 Turkish Bath.

experience of days sweating in bed
that the profuse action of the skin In
the hot room of a Turkish bath must
leave us similarly weak ana weary; but
if these feelings ensue, the reader must
blame his own indiscretiOn for them,
Doubtless, you would find the bath
debilitatIng if it ended with the sweat.
ing process, and you might also lind
yourself liable to a severe cold on going
into the air, but all this is obviated by
the cold shower which concludes this
form of bath, and not only are you
strengthened by it, but rendered far
less liable to colds As a cure for colds
and the tendency to catching cold, the
Turkish bath is unsurpassed. If taken
regularly, it is valuable means OF
keeping the skin in a thoroughly healthy
condition and removing from the blood
many impurities which, In an extraya-
CANT and luxurious age, would not
otherwise be efficiently co. rid OF.
Hence many forms of rheumatism and
gOut are relieved by course of Turkish
baths. As L have already remarked,
the different organs of the body are Sc
intimately connected that one cannot
suffer without another being affected in
greater or lesser degree, and the re.
verse of this holds good, since if one
organ is kept healthy, 1t is only by care
full treatment which acts on the organ it
self, and through it on the other parts
of the economy. There is no such thing
as isolation in physiology; perfect work
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rarely, if ever, be confined to one organ
or one part of the system. This ex-
plains how the means adopted to keep
the skin in good condition, briefly dis
chssed III the three papers preceding the
present one, rebound TO the welfare OF
the whole body. Il cold bath strength
ems the skin, and braces the nervous,
digestive and other systems; sea-bathing
We have seen, acts IN similar though
more emphatic Way. Now We find a
Turkish bath purIfies the skin, and in
creases its action largely at first by
sending blood to it III large quantities,
and causing profuSe discharge of water
and waste matters through the open
pores, afterwards closing those pores by
the application of cold, and producing
tonic, braclng effect, generally
1t is only OF late years that the full
Importance Of removing waste matter
from the body has been recognized; no
more prolific cause of disease exists,
and it merits more attention, because
our NODE of life is losing Its simplicity.
We eat and drink too much, and our
food IS adapted ito our tastes rather
than our needs. There IS often a large
quantity of nutriment supplied to the
body that can never be utiliZed-that
Is, not required to sustain the powers
of life; and this is capable of doing
considerable mischief if neglected. No
one can fail to observe how, with in-
eyitable compensation, luxurious life
entails corresponding ills for each OF lis
pleasures. IL Is deplorable, but none
the less true, that the further We get
away from simplicity in living, the
further We are removed from a really
healthy condition. Science will help
US to withstand some of the evil conSe-
quences Of excess, and the Turkish bath
Is one way of freeing ourselves from
waste matters, which are not only use
less, bu. 1eleterious.
L have often been impressed with the
remarkable benefit which neuralgia pa.
tients have obtained from this bath.
Cases of neuralgia in different parts of
the body, which have resisted all other
treatment, have experienced immediate
relief IN the bath. And several cases
have been cured Oy few repetItions OF
the process. Indeed a Turkish bath
will relieve many things, though neu-
ralgia and rheumatism have been most
benefited in my experience. Lumbago
often gives way to it; while severe
cold, more particularly If taken at the
commencement, is sure to be cured, or
very much improved. Some physicians
speak highly of it In the treatment OF
hoarSeneSS also.
Do not remain IN the hot room too
long, or venture in the hottest room
too soon; if you do not sweat readily,
the attendant will give you a warR
douche, which should set the skin to
work on your return to the hot loom.
a cold water cloth around the head is
very agreeable, as is warm water to
the feet; and drink freely of cold water
while sweating. As you become more
accustomed to these baths you bear
them better; but it is well to regulate
the duration of your stay in the hot
loom by your feelings. As rule, free
perspiration is all you require: and
there is no necessity for it to be very
prolonged unless there are special rea-
sons for it, and from half an hour to an
hour is as much time asyou need spend
there. If you feel any faintness before
that tune, leave that room at once. /
don't think it is wise to have the atten-
tiOn fixed by reading or serious thought
whilst taking a Turkish bath. Let the
mind be at rest, and don't take the
newspaper with you, as some people do.
find that the bath is not nearly so
successful, and faintness is far more
prone to come on if one reads in the
not room. The hottest room must not
be entered first thing, possibly not the
first bath but never until the body has
become somewhat accustomed to the
temperature of over 1902 usually MAIN
tanned in the hot room. After the bath
allow yourself sufficient time to cool
down before entering the air; if you do
so, it is almost impossible to catch cold;
above all things, be thoroughly dry, and
take care the head is dry. LII in a hurry
to get away-though 1t is wise not to
hurry this kind of bath-and you are
unable to devote much time in cooling
down, dress slowly, and from below,
beginning with stockings, etc., this will
give the body time to get little cooler
preparatory to leaving the place. After
hard work or heavy exercise, when the
limbs are weary and aching, nothing is
more soothing and refreshing than a
Turkish bath. 1t removes these feel
ings, and is OF wonderful benefit. am
afraid cannot say much about its
power to reduce obesity, though it is
worth while to try it if you are fat. /
nave seen stout, aSthmatical subjects
much helped by it. But do not wait
until you are stout OF asthmatical be-
fore you try a Turkish bath. Take one
regularly-say every fortnight or three
weeks. Many take them more fire.
quently with the best results. l now
regard it as very agreeable duty-nay,
a luxury, and l am satisfied you only