ame clearer and
brighter; all the personal charms were enhanced. I can recommend no
hygienic measure more beneficial or effectual in preserving the health
and an attractive personal appearance."

Pimples, blotches, eruptions, and other disfigurations of the skin are
removed by the frequent use of the Turkish bath, leaving the integument
smooth and soft.

[Illustration: Fig. 144.
First Hot-room of the Turkish Bath. ]

HOW THE TURKISH BATH IS ADMINISTERED AT THE INVALID'S HOTEL AND SURGICAL
INSTITUTE. The hot-rooms, of which there are two, are exactly similar in
every respect except as regards temperature. The first room has a
temperature of from 110 deg. to 120 deg. Fahr. The bather is supplied by the
attendant every few minutes with copious draughts of cool water.
Gradually the relaxing influence of the elevated temperature manifests
itself. The capillaries slowly dilate, the veins enlarge under its
gentle stimulus, and small points of perspiration appear upon the
surface, which assumes a slight, rosy blush. A delightful calm, a
feeling of perfect rest and luxurious ease is imparted to the senses.
From this room, after an appropriate interval, the bather enters the
second room, in which the atmosphere is higher by from 20 deg. to 30 deg., and
it may be made still higher, its regulation requiring but an instant.

[Illustration: Fig. 145.
One of the Shampooing rooms.]

A thorough sweating occurs while the subject remains in these rooms,
during a period of from ten to forty minutes. The secretions of the
skin, at first impure and loaded with the _debris_ of dead cells and
extraneous matter, gradually become purer, and clearer, until, finally,
all trace of color disappears and the pearly drops of sweat come full
and free. Soon the attendant appears and leads the way to the
shampooing-room, where, lying upon a warm marble slab, _massage_ is
applied most thoroughly to every portion of the body.

By the _massage_, shampooing, or rubbing, the superficial veins are
thoroughly emptied of their contents, the muscles are given elasticity
and tone, and glandular activity is promoted. Innumerable dead
epithelial cells, together with other impurities, are rolled off in
flakes under the skillful manipulation of the attendant.

After a thorough shampooing, the shower bath is applied, to secure a
contraction of the capillaries and a diminution of the perspiration.

THE SPIRIT VAPOR-BATH is very effective when employed in the ea