descend on the head of. re r heton whena valve. a oi rare 
mnpenes.,< ' j 
a's 2e 
affusion of cold eater At each remove this operation is aoe, 
otherwise the contact of the wood would be insupportable to the skin. 
It is needless to say, that the perspiration very soon began to run 
from every pore, not merely as a moist exhalation, but ran off in co- 
pious streams. This greatly moderated the sensation of heat. 
After lying extended for some time on the second tier of benches, 
a bucket of cold water was dashed on the upper one, and we remov- 
ed there; but the heat, so near the ceiling, was fully as oppressive 
as on first entering; and I found it necessary to allow the air to enter 
my nose through my fingers. If I inhaled it with the mouth wide 
open, I felt an oppressive heat in my chest; but by degrees even 
this degree of heat became supportable ; though I never was able to 
sit upright on the upper bench ; so strong Was the appear s the 
humid atmosphere close to the ceiling. 
While we were groping our way from beach: Seach thcantaien 
tant more sage cela headlong into his cold bath, to refresh 
hi he commenced on us the next part of his profe 
occupation. 
~ We were one by one requested to descend to the second tier ; “a 
the assistant, grasping in his hand a bundle of birch rods, oma 
siduously to whip his patients who lay extended on the bench at full 
length, from head to heel. This application differs essentially from 
the well remembered _ scholastic biréh discipline ; for the leaves are 
left on the twigs, and the sensations produced in no way resem- 
ble the effect of ihe instrument employed in English schools to 
eonyey a knowledge of Greek and Latin into the heads of our 
youth. In fact, this species of whipping is performed very dexter- 
ously, with a sort of brushing motion, from the shoulders downwards ; 
and the application becomes general over the body and limbs, as 
the bather turns on his wooden couch. _The sensations produced by 
this operation are agreeable, and are very far from producing that 
_ excessive redness of the surface described by Acerbi. 
The operator now anoints the whole body with a liquid said iain, ; 
and, after again mounting to the upper tier for some time, we See 
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