Turkish Baths

98 THE TURKISH BATH:
bath.
A small chamber entered by doors from the lobby
to the tepidarium, and also from the tepidarium itself,
would be convenient. At times it may be placed in a
nook off the shampooing room. Wherever it be placed,
the apparatus provided for the purpose of the shower
must be such as can be managed by the bather himself,
so as not to take up the time of the attendants and for
;
this reason it must be capable of easy regulation, and
free from liability of scalding the user, unless
A through
gross carelessness. valve with one handle only must
be employed, as, unless the bather has had some practice,
it is difficult to obtain this immunity from danger
of scalding when two handles are used. A valve such
as that shown at Fig. 17 should be employed. This
valve must be so designed as to supply cold, tepid,
and hot water in regular gradation not intermittently,
as do some valves of this description. It must be so
placed that any one taking the shower* may, whilst beneath
the rose, be able to easily reach the handle. The
rose should not be less than 6 in. or 7 in. diameter.
Fig. 12 illustrates the complete fitting up of this bather's
shower-bath.
In hydropathic establishments it
might be an improvement
to add a small foot-bath, formed by a sinking of
about 6 in. in the floor, and filled with hot water; for
tell
physiologists
us it is bad for invalids to enter the
hot rooms with cold feet. Supply pipes, a waste, and
overflow would have to be provided for this bath, and
a marble seat might be placed round it. A marble
coping and mosaic flooring would render it
pleasing in
appearance.