The improved Turkish bath : what it is, who should take it, why, when, how, and where / by E. P. Miller, M.D.

  • Miller, Eli Peck, 1828-1912.
Date:
1870
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Credit: The improved Turkish bath : what it is, who should take it, why, when, how, and where / by E. P. Miller, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    pooing, kneading, rubbing, and washing in the Turkish Bath. Every form of disease, whether due to impair- ment of function of excretory organs, to torpidity of any internal organ, to impurities, or to imperfect circu- lation, of the blood, to excess in eating or drinking, to the use of stimulants and narcotics, or to sedentary hab- its, is overcome, and the sufferer benefited by the Turk- ish Bath. Of the diseases which are most readily removed by this bath we will consider only a few. Gout and Rheumatism.—The latest authorities state that gout and rheumatism are caused by the presence of lactic and uric acid in the blood, obstructing the cir- culation about the fibrous tissues of the joints and muscles, causing inflammation and pain. By referring to the analysis of perspiration it will be seen that the skin eliminates these poisons. It is generally by taking cold or in some other way obstructing the action of the skin that these diseases are brought on; and by thor- oughly reestablishing and exciting to action the func- tion of this organ they can be cured. Free perspiration will afford great relief, and this can be better secured by the Turkish Bath than- by any and all other means. We have seen scores of acute cases cured in from two to eight days, and chronic cases by the thousand have been relieved by pursuing a thorough course. Two or three baths a day are often given to rheumatic patients, or the bath is continued several hours, the temperature being regulated by frequent washings, till relief is obtained. Patients crippled by this disease, and carried helpless into the bath, have been so relieved by one bath as to be able to walk out by themselves.