Contents of
Topics section

Contents last revised  17 February 2023

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SOCIAL HISTORY

Cabinet baths: the DIY approachDavid & Harriet Urquhart: a teamDeath of William UrquhartHeritaging the bathHydropathy & wet sheet packingLetter from ConstantinopleMrs Doggett asks for morePerformance in the rawRoman? Turkish? Middle class?Sex in the Jermyn Street HammamShampooers' wages and conditionsThe Urquharts’ Riverside bathWomen and Victorian Turkish baths

TECHNOLOGY

Hot air: dry, humid, or steamy?

THE ARTS

A Bunch of baths booksCaricatures and cartoonsThe Earliest Turkish bath photos?Longfellow and the letter to the SultanPraise in verse—and worseShakespeare takes a Turkish'Steaming' comes to HarrogateTrollope's Turkish bathTurkish baths in fictionWhere did Bloom take his bath?
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