Victorian Turkish baths

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The Victorian Turkish bath is a type of bath in which the bather sweats freely in hot dry air, is then usually washed and massaged (together known as shampooing), and has a cold wash or shower. It can also mean, especially when used in the plural, an establishment where such a bath is available. Hot-air baths of the same type, built after Queen Victoria's reign (1837–1901), are known as Victorian-style Turkish baths, and are also covered in this article. The Victorian Turkish bath became popular during the latter third of the queen's reign. It retained this popularity during the Edwardian years (1901–1914), first as a therapy and a means of personal cleansing, and then as a place for relaxation and enjoyment. It was very soon copied in several parts of the British Empire, in the United States, and in some Western European countries. Victorian Turkish baths were opened as small commercial businesses, and later by those local authorities that saw them as being permitted under the Baths and...

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