Note 10 — THE TURKISH BATH.1
Reading edition
The benefit of the bath in cases of consumption is undoubted,10 arising, as we believe, from better oxidation of the blood, consequent on the improved action of the pores of the skin, which enables the oxygen to enter and aerate it. As a result of this, the digestive organs are strengthened, and healthy blood elaborated, the non-formation of which is the cause of the disease.