VICTORIAN TURKISH BATHS: Glossary: Victorian Turkish bath |

Victorian Turkish bath

A Turkish bath is a type of bath in which the bather sweats freely in a room which is heated by a continuous flow of hot dry air (or in two or three such rooms at progressively higher temperatures) …

… sometimes followed by a cold plunge …

… and usually a shampoo (ie, a full body wash and massage) …

… with a final period of relaxation in a cooling-room.

Images of the Turkish and Sauna Suite, Harrogate, taken over a period of years

Glossary entries are only available
for the hyperlinked terms:

Aeratone baths

Banya (see: Russian baths)

Chibouk, or Chibouque

Cold water cure (see: Hydropathy)

Electric baths

Electro-Turkish baths

Foam baths (see: Aeratone baths; Zotofoam baths)

Galvanic baths (see: Electric baths)

Hammam

Hookah (see: Narghile)

Hydropathy

Islamic hammam (see: Hammam )

Steam baths (see: Russian baths)

Surround shower (see: Needle shower )

Turkish baths (see: Victorian Turkish bath)

Vapour baths (see: Russian baths)

Water cure (see: Hydropathy)

Wet sheet pack (see: Hydropathy)

Victorian Turkish bath

Zotofoam baths

This list was last augmented on 09 June 2008

Victorian Turkish Baths:
their origin, development,
and gradual decline

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