"The first experimental hot air bath to be built
in the British Isles since Roman times was constructed in 1856
at St Ann’s Hydropathic Establishment near Blarney…"

  
1. 'Metropolitan Baths' Illustrated London News (18 Dec 1858) p.584



  
2. 'As I recall' / Bill Belmont (ie, Solomon Belernof). In: Echoes of the East End / edited by Venetia Murray. — London : Viking, 1989. — pp.172-3


  
3. 'Introduction of the Turkish bath into Ireland' Sheffield Free Press (21 Jun 1856) p.6



  
4. See, for example, the letters in The Lancet during January and February 1861.



  
5. For an account of the first major controversy over the wet or dry Turkish bath see: The New Irish bath versus the old Turkish, or, pure air versus vapour… / edited by 'Photophilus'. — Dublin : McGee, 1860.

  
6. The Architecture of the well-tempered environment / Peter Reynam Banham. — London : Architectural Press, 1969. — p.53


  
7. On the history and art of warming and ventilating rooms and buildings… / Walter Bernan (ie, Robert Stuart Meikleham). — London : George Bell, 1845. — (See: Essay XIII: vol.2; pp.207-229)

  
8. Letters Patent: 1866, 24th Sept. No.2448 in the names of Thomas Whitaker and Joseph Constantine. 'Improvements in the Construction of Stoves or other Heating Apparatus for Warming and Ventilating Public and Private Buildings, Hothouses, and Drying Houses.'
  
9. 'On the heating and ventilation of Turkish baths' / J L Bruce Proc. Glasgow Philosophical Society 1878 pp.493-506


  
10. 'Turkish baths: public meeting in Cork' Cork Examiner (23 Jul 1856) p.iv



  
11. 'President's address' / Samuel Jeaffreson British Medical Journal (5 Aug 1865) pp.107-115


  
12. The Turkish bath / J Jagger. — London : Barker, [1860]



  
13. Quoted on pamphlet. Probably appeared originally as part of a review in The Reasoner which was very pro Turkish baths


  
14. The rise and progress of hydropathy in England and Scotland / Richard Metcalfe. — London : Simkin Marshall, 1906. — pp.120-141


  
15. Slater's general and classified directory (1858) Advertisements p.14



  
16. 'The Turkish bath' / R H Goolden The Lancet (26 Jan 1861) pp.95-7 (Letter on proposed Turkish baths at St Thomas's Hospital, with author's letter to the hospital's Treasurer appended.)

  
17. Editorial: 'The Turkish bath has attracted considerable interest…' The Lancet (26 Jan 1861) pp.91-2


  
18. Letter, c.1873, to Richard Metcalfe In: Sanitas sanitatum et omnia sanitas. Volume 1 / Richard Metcalfe. — London : The author, 1877. — (All published). — p.290


  
19. Letter, c.1873, to Richard Metcalfe In: Sanitas sanitatum et omnia sanitas. Volume 1 / Richard Metcalfe. — London : The author, 1877. — (All published). — p.290


  
20. 'The Turkish Bath Movement' Free Press (20 Sep 1856) pp.47-8



  
21. From letters written to Richard Metcalfe in response to his questionnaire regarding possible Turkish baths in Paddington. In: Sanitas sanitatum et omnia sanitas. Volume 1 / Richard Metcalfe. — London : The author, 1877. — (All published)

  
22. Reminiscences of public life in Southampton, from 1866 to 1900 / James Lemon. — Southampton : Henry March Gilbert, 1911. — Vol.1; p.253


  
23. 'Opening baths on Sundays' / "J.W.A." Bury Times (26 Nov 1864) p.8



  
24. 'Opening baths on Sundays' / William Cooper Bury Times (19 Nov 1864)



  
25. 'William Bishop and the Putney Baths' / Peter Thomas Wandsworth Historian (no.47; 1986)


  
26. See, for example: 'The Hot-air bath' / B W Richardson British Medical Journal (2 Feb 1861) pp.114-5



  
27. 'The Turkish bath' / J L W Thudichum Trans. Medical Society 1861 pp.39-52



  
28. 'The Turkish bath' / Thomas W Garlike The Lancet (2 Mar 1861) pp.225-6



  
29. 'The Turkish-Roman bath: what are its right uses?' British Medical Journal (2 Mar 1861) pp.231-2


  
30. 'The Turkish bath' / Henry Walter Kiallmark The Lancet (19 Jan 1861) p.70



  
31. 'Turkish Baths: letter from Dr Haughton' / Edward Haughton Medical Times and Gazette (30 Nov 1861) p.567


  
32. 'Abuse of massage' J Balneology & Climatology (Apr 1897) pp.185-7



  
33. The Eastern, or Turkish bath: its history, revival in Britain and application to the purpose of health / Erasmus Wilson. — London : John Churchill, 1861. — p.103 


  
34. The Turkish bath / J Jagger. — London : Barker, [1860]



  
35. See, for example: The Anglo-Roman or 'Turkish bath': its history, proper construction, present status and various uses / Francis Drake. — London : Ward & Lock, 1862


  
36. 'Liverpool Architectural Society: lecture on Turkish baths' / W H Hay Builder (16 Feb 1861) p.106


  
37. Ulysses / James Joyce. — London : Bodley Head, 1955. — p.78



  
38. 'Public baths: Royal Institute of British Architects' Building News (10 Mar 1899) pp.328-31


  
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