TURKISH BATH
\tˈɜːkɪʃ bˈaθ], \tˈɜːkɪʃ bˈaθ], \t_ˈɜː_k_ɪ_ʃ b_ˈa_θ]\
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A kind of hot-air bath in which the patient, after being sweated, is rubbed down, and conducted through a series of cooling chambers until he regains his normal temperature.
By Daniel Lyons
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Bath in which the person is placed successively in rooms of higher temperature, then rubbed and stimulated by a cold plunge.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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One of the modern forms of the ancient Roman b. The bather passes through gradually increasing temperatures, accompanied by massage, until he reaches 176o F., where he sweats profusely. After this he passes through gradually decreasing temperatures, accompanied with douching and rubbing until 70o F. is reached, when he is dried and reclines for a time on a couch.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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