Newcastle-on-Tyne Infirmary:
plan and
section of the first Turkish baths
< 109th annual report of the Newcastle Infirmary, 1860
This first Turkish bath to be installed at the Infirmary, designed by John Dobson, architect of the wing in which it was located, is based on the use of a Roman-style hypocaust. It was soon abandoned after a number of accidents involving patients burning their feet on the hot floor when their protective clogs fell off.
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The Newcastle-on-Tyne Infirmary Turkish baths
Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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