The Physiological Basis and Curative Effects of the Turkish Bath (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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It is, perhaps, not out of place here to allude to, to demolish a prevalent misapprehension on the subject of the-turkish Bath: it 18 supposed to be only suitable for strong constitutions! This is a complete mistake. The weakly, to the contrary, as they have more need for it, are, perhaps, more benefited by it. Its influence as an instrument of training - as a means of physical development - is the least questioned and questionable. 'powerfully aiding nutrition, it manifestly promotes growth and strength. For all, therefore, in whom nutrition is depraved or defective - sfor the scrofulous, the consumptive, the ill nourished, the enfeebled, the emaciated, &c., the Turkish Bath is pre-eminently adapted. Nor is any extreme of age beyond its Scope. Indeed, the national use of the bath, for ages, by the Persians, Greeks, Romans, and (since the conquest of Constantinople) by the Ottoman nations, demonstrates, at least, the utter groundlessness of its alleged dangers.

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