The Turkish bath : with a view to its introduction into the British dominions / [D. Urquhart].

  • Urquhart, David, 1805-1877.
Date:
1856
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Turkish bath : with a view to its introduction into the British dominions / [D. Urquhart]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The people that has not devised the bath, cannot deserve the character of refinement, and (having the opportunity) that does not adopt it, that of sense. Servility, however, we do possess, and any person of distinction has it in his power to introduce it. That which all despise, when only a thing of use, will be by all rushed after when it becomes a matter of fashion. The sight of a bath of a new fashion, and enjoyed by another people, has impelled me to make this endeavour to regain it for my own. Is Europe ever to remain on the map the black spot of filth P Can she owe the bath only to the Roman sword or Moorish spear? Must she now await the Cossack lance ? After ridicule for warning, the day may come that I shall suffer reproach for deprecating the event, and it will be said to me, “These barbarians, who, Providence-like, have come to compose our troubles—Roman-like, to teach us to be clean !” FINIS. •