Shampooing, or, Benefits resulting from the use of the Indian medicated vapour bath, as introduced into this country, by S.D. Mahomed, (a native of India) : containing a brief but comprehensive view of the effects produced by the use of the warm bath, in comparison with steam or vapour bathing : also a detailed account of the various cases to which this healing remedy may be applied, its general efficacy in peculiar diseases, and its success in innumerable instances, when all other remedies had been ineffectual : to which is subjoined an alphabetical list of names (many of the very first consequence,) subscribed in testimony of the important use & general approval of the Indian method of shampooing.

  • Mahomet, Sake Deen, 1759-1851.
Date:
1826
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Credit: Shampooing, or, Benefits resulting from the use of the Indian medicated vapour bath, as introduced into this country, by S.D. Mahomed, (a native of India) : containing a brief but comprehensive view of the effects produced by the use of the warm bath, in comparison with steam or vapour bathing : also a detailed account of the various cases to which this healing remedy may be applied, its general efficacy in peculiar diseases, and its success in innumerable instances, when all other remedies had been ineffectual : to which is subjoined an alphabetical list of names (many of the very first consequence,) subscribed in testimony of the important use & general approval of the Indian method of shampooing. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    the country again, where I remained about three months/ strictly adhering to Sir Ashley’s prescriptions, but to no purpose ; when, almost in despair of finding any restorative, I received a letter (which I certainly treated providential) from a most excellent friend of mine, (Daniel Spalding, Esq. of Camberwell) requesting I would immediately go to Brighton, and try your Indian Shampooing Vapour Bath. I accordingly in a few days went to Brighton, and after having taken 17 Baths, I relinquished my stick, and could then bear my weight on the leg, which I could not before put to the ground : my health and strength were also greatly im- proved, and it is now with the greatest pleasure I beg to inform you, that I have ever since, been able to follow my business as usual, without the smallest relapse, and am now, and have been ever since I left your Bath, in good health, and shall always consider that your Bath, and that alone, effected my cure. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, JOHN HILLS. Ely, (Cambridgeshire) July 20, 1826. P.S.—I beg to enclose you a few lines, and should you deem them, with the foregoing letter, worth inserting in your next publication, you have my sanction. To Mr. Mahomed, Brighton.