The Baths, Ancient and Modern. i6i 



waters of our own country. The Aix-les-Bains douche and 

 massage, the Turkish system, but somewhat modified, the 

 Russian, the Marien-bad, the Vichy, the Mont Dore in 

 Auvergne System, as also those which local Medical men 

 consider best adapted to the Hot Mineral Springs of Bath, 

 are here available. Each establishment is provided with a 

 Cooling room, supplied with the London and local papers. 

 The writer is preparing for publication plans of the various 

 baths, and a description of each room and bath, in order 

 that no one seeking the waters shall lack full information, it 

 being impossible within the limits of these pages to give 

 more than a general idea. 



The King's and Queen's Baths also have large private baths, 

 reclining, sitz, needle baths, the spray, lave, etc., attached to 

 them ; also douche baths, local, as at Aix-les-Bains, 

 lumbago baths, vapour, and local vapour, as previously 

 mentioned ; atomised (or pulverised) water, and vapour in 

 an inhalation room, pulverised douche, and douche with 

 vapour, from delicate instruments, for diseases of the throat, 

 nose, eye, &c., whilst provision is made for the application 

 of water, or vapour, in a variety of ways. The Royal Baths 

 have all the appliances previously described, as also have 

 the New Baths in connection with the Grand Pump Room 

 Hotel, except that the more delicate treatment is admin- 

 istered in the Queen's Baths only. 



In all the establishments are crane chairs for lowering the 

 helpless invalid into the bath, whilst the corridors are suffi- 

 ciently wide to admit wheel-chairs or Sedan. The Grand 

 Pump Room is in connection with the King's Bath. Here 

 the hot mineral water is delivered at a heat of 114° for 

 drinkers by a continuous fountain of water direct from the 

 spring. 



