Turkish Baths

138 THE TURKISH BATH:
sary. It should be remembered, however, that invalids
have to be taken often carried or wheeled in movable
chairs to the baths, and allowance should therefore be
made for the passage of such a wheeled chair
top story, by way of a lift,
In a large establishment,
to the door of the baths.
from the
a full
complement of rooms
should be provided for the Turkish bath viz. three
hot rooms, a washing and shampooing room, and a cooling
room. They will, of course, be on a small scale ;
but
the whole number should be provided. A plunge bath
should also be added, but in small hydropathics may be
dispensed with altogether.
For hydropathic purposes the lavatorium is generally
required to have rather more elaborate water-fittings
than other baths. The needle bath should include the
ascending shower, the back shower, and the spinal douche
a small nozzle behind the rose of the vertical shower.
The regulating appliances for these various showers,
sprays, &c., should be brought together, and conveniently
placed for the attendant. A very ingenious appliance,
suitable for a hydropathic bath, is a thermometer regulating
valve, which indicates the temperature of the
water being supplied to the bather. The waters mix
in a ball, into which is inserted the bulb of a sensitive
thermometer, which rises and falls as the hot or cold
handles are turned.
If the shampooing and washing room of the Turkish
bath is to be used for the administration of the tonic
water baths to other bathers besides those taking the
Turkish bath, it must be made of ample dimensions. So,
also, if the cooling room is to be used as a reposing