Chapter IV

APPLICATION OF THE BATH TO HORSES AND CATTLE,
FOR TRAINING AND THE CURE OF DISEASE.

Adaptation of the Turkish Bath to the horse, dog, oxen, cows,
sheep, swine, &c.; its application to the purpose of training;
Mr. Goodwin's management of horses after severe exercise;
his remarks on the use of the bath in the stable, pp. 153-159

The skin a respiratory organ; ventilation of the skin; clipping
and singeing horses pp. 159-161

Dr. Barter's application of the bath to the treatment of the
diseases of animals; report of a committee appointed to
inquire into the utility of Dr. Barter's bath for the cure of
distemper in cattle pp. 162-164

Observations on the use of the bath; and rules to be followed
in taking it pp. 165-167

_a a._ The portico. _b._ The Ephebeum, the room of the Ephebi or youths, _c._ The Apodyterium and Gymnasterium. _d._ The Elaiothesium, or anointing room. _e._ The Konisterium, or dusting room. _f f._ The hot baths. _g._ The stove or Laconicum. _h._ The cold bath. _i._ The Peristylium or Piazza, which includes the Sphæristerium, and Palestra. _k k._ Xysti. _l l._ Xysticus silvis. _m._ The Stadium.]

_a._ The Frigidarium, or cool room. _b._ The Tepidarium, or room of middle temperature. _c._ The Calidarium, sudatorium, or concamerata sudatio; around this apartment are seen several ranges of platforms of marble. _d._ A vaulted stove, covered by an arched cover, _clipeus_: this stove gave additional heat to the part of the room wherein it was situated, and constituted the Laconicum. _e._ The Lavatorium or Balneum; there are marble platforms in this apartment, and in its centre is an open bath, called, from its large everted lip upon which the bather sat, _labrum_. _g g._ The Hypocaustum. _h._ The room in which the water is stored and heated. In the uppermost vase the water is cold, as is indicated by the absence of fire beneath it. In the second vase the water is warm, being placed at a considerable height above the fire. In the lowest vase the water is hot. _i._ The Elaiothesium, or anointing room, from which the bather passes to the Vestiarium or Spoliatorium.]

In the foreground are seen three of the short pillars or _pilæ_, with square shafts and expanded heads and bases. Between these more distant pilæ are visible, seemingly arranged in rows. The floor on which the burning embers lay is uneven; while the roof, which is the under part of the floor of the bath, exhibits evidences of the corroding action of the fire. The Hypocaustum, in the Roman Thermæ, occupied the whole of the under surface of the Calidarium, and the ruins bear evidence of the use of fires of prodigious extent.]

_a._ The entrance door. _b._ A small window looking into the Frigidarium; a gas lamp, for use at night, is seen through the pane. _c._ A thick plate of glass in the outer wall, for admitting light. _d d._ Ventilating holes; the lower one is furnished with a wooden plug. _e._ The masonry which encloses the furnace. _f._ The flue, proceeding from the furnace along the side of the room. _g g._ The flue crossing the end of the room. _h._ The flue returning along the opposite side of the room. _i._ The ascending flue. _k._ The flue crossing above the furnace, and then ascending, _l l_, the angle of the room, to terminate in the chimney. _f g g h_, support a wooden seat, on which the bathers sit; along the front of this seat, as at _f_, _h_, are perforated tiles and spaces, which give passage to the heated air. _m._ The warm water tank. _n n._ A platform, which also serves as a seat; the feet resting on the step _o o_. _p p._ The _dureta_; the letters are placed on the feet of the couch. The floor is tesselated; and on the seat are seen two wooden basins, containing soap and a bunch of _lyf_.]

_a._ The door of entrance. _b._ The ceiling of the vestibule of the Bath. The side or rather the end of the vestibule _c_ is occupied by an immense sheet of plate glass, through which are seen the Frigidarium, and the window of the Frigidarium, with a trellis of roses beyond. _d._ The floor of the vestibule. _e e._ One side of the great Hall of the Bath. _f._ A step covered with a Turkish towel. _g._ A platform, under which the hypocaust, _h h_, extends from one side to the other of the Hall. _i._ An ornamental grating, through which heated air enters the Hall directly from the furnace. _k k._ The tent, or enclosed chamber immediately over the furnace, where the highest degree of heat exists; the Laconicum. _l._ A couch, of lower temperature, but still hot, from being over the hypocaust. _m._ The spiracle of perfume from the mignionette bed. _n._ The floor of the Hall. _o._ The Lavatrina. _p._ A couch of less heat than _l_. _q._ Steps leading to the pool of cold water. _r._ The piscina or cold pool.]

_a a._ Front wall. _b._ Door of entrance from a lobby, leading from the Frigidarium. _c._ Vestibule. _d._ Inner door. _e e._ Spiracles or ventilators. _f._ Mouth of the furnace. _g._ Furnace of fire-brick, enclosed in a jacket of hollow brick. _h h h._ Flue. _i._ Chimney. _k._ Returned flue, supporting a tank for warm water. _l l._ Outer wall; the dark shade between _l h_, and _l k_, indicates the interval between the flue and outer wall. _m._ The Lavatrina. _n._ Tesselated pavement.]

_a._ The plane for supporting the back. _b._ The thigh-plane. _c._ The leg-plane. _d._ The foot-piece, which is movable, and admits of adjustment, to suit the comfort of the bather. _e._ The head-piece, for supporting the head. _f._ Arc of the angle _a-b_. _g._ The angle corresponding with the bend of the knee. _h._ Arc of the angle _b-c_. _i._ Lower hole, for the foot-piece. _k._ Elevation of the trunk-plane from the ground-line, _l_. _m._ One of the feet of the couch.

This figure is intended to exhibit the construction of the _dureta_, the best lines of angle, and the size the most convenient for a person of medium stature--say five feet, eight inches. If the person be taller or shorter, a corresponding difference must be made in the length of the three principal pieces. The _dureta_ is constructed of deal boards, 20 inches long, nailed on a pair of lateral rails; the rails being supported by a firm foot, _m_, and steadied by a bracket at the angle _g_. The measurements are as follow:--_a_, 28 inches; _b_, 18-1/2 inches; _c_, from _g_ to the foot-piece, 19 inches; and from _g_ to the extreme end, below the letter _i_, 23 inches. The holes for the foot-piece are two inches apart; and the head-piece may be made movable. The arc of the angle _a-b_, measured at _f_, from the upper angle of _a_ to _g_ is 38 inches; the arc of the angle _b-c_, measured at _h_ from the angle _m_ to the end of the plane _c_, is 37 inches; the height of the upper end at _k_ is 24-1/2 inches; the height of the angle _g_ at _l_ is 14-1/2 inches; and the dotted line from the angle _m_ to the perpendicular _k_, 21 inches; the height of the angle _m_ from the point where the dotted line touches to the ground is 6-1/4 inches; and the height of the end at _i_ is simply the depth of the rail--namely between two and three inches.

The _dureta_ after the above model is manufactured by Mr. Allen, 7, Great Smith-street, Westminster.]

THE

EASTERN, OR TURKISH BATH.