CHAPTER XXVII. 



BATHING APPARATUS. 



Bath tubs. Portable bath tubs. Child's bath tub. Foot baths. Portable foot baths. Bathing 

 mats. Bathing and flesh gloves. Bathing and flesh mittena. Bathing pantaloons. Shower 

 baths. Hand shower baths. Sponge bags. Bath tub straps. Bathing caps. 



Iisr this hydropathic age, when the pubHc mind is awake to 

 every thing that relates to bathing, labored argument is not 

 necessary to prove that gum-elastic is useful for such purposes ; 

 and it is presumed that a brief description of the various articles 

 of this kind that have been made of it, together with the drawings 

 in the plate, are all that is required to give the reader a correct 

 idea of their adaptations. 



BATH TUBS. 



Stationary tubs are made of caoutchouc board or whalebone, 

 on account of cheapness, and for the purpose of giving medi- 

 cated acid baths, as the gum is not injured by acids, like metal 

 or wood. 



PORTABLE BATH TUBS. 



These may be, and have been constructed in various ways, 

 among which two kinds have been selected for description, 

 which appear best adapted for this use, as represented in the 

 diagrams, plate , figs. 1 and 2. 



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