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CHAP. III.] THE BATH. 49
second hanafeeyeh. Each maghtas is filled by a
stream of water pouring down from the dome of
the chamber. The fourth angle of the square is
generally occupied by a chamber which has no
communication with the hararah ; and which contains the fire over which is the boiler. The central
part of the hararah, its leewans, and the small
chambers connected with it, are covered with
domes, which have a number of small, glazed
apertures.
The bather, having entered the hararah, soon
perspires profusely, from the humid heat which is
produced by the hot water of the tanks and fountain,
and by the boiler. The operator of the bath, who
is called " mukeyyisatee," immediately comes to
him. If the bather be covered with more than
one napkin, the mukeyyisatee takes them off, and
gives him a wet mahzam; or the former mahzam
is retained, and wetted. The bather sits on the
marble seat of the faskeeyeh, or lies upon a napkin
on one of the leewans, or by the edge of one of the
tanks, to submit to the first operation, which is that
of cracking his joints.* The operator cracks almost
every joint of his frame : he wrings the body, first
one way, and then the other, to make several of
the vertebrae crack: even the neck is made to crack
twice, by wrenching the head round, each way,
which produces a sensation rather alarming to an
inexperienced person ; and each ear is generally
twisted round until it cracks : the limbs are wrested
with apparent violence ; but with such skill, that
* This is called "taktakah."
VOL. II. E
| Title | An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians - 2 |
| Creator | Lane, Edward William |
| Publisher | C. Knight and Co. |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Date | 1842 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000061 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHAP. III.] THE BATH. 49 second hanafeeyeh. Each maghtas is filled by a stream of water pouring down from the dome of the chamber. The fourth angle of the square is generally occupied by a chamber which has no communication with the hararah ; and which contains the fire over which is the boiler. The central part of the hararah, its leewans, and the small chambers connected with it, are covered with domes, which have a number of small, glazed apertures. The bather, having entered the hararah, soon perspires profusely, from the humid heat which is produced by the hot water of the tanks and fountain, and by the boiler. The operator of the bath, who is called " mukeyyisatee," immediately comes to him. If the bather be covered with more than one napkin, the mukeyyisatee takes them off, and gives him a wet mahzam; or the former mahzam is retained, and wetted. The bather sits on the marble seat of the faskeeyeh, or lies upon a napkin on one of the leewans, or by the edge of one of the tanks, to submit to the first operation, which is that of cracking his joints.* The operator cracks almost every joint of his frame : he wrings the body, first one way, and then the other, to make several of the vertebrae crack: even the neck is made to crack twice, by wrenching the head round, each way, which produces a sensation rather alarming to an inexperienced person ; and each ear is generally twisted round until it cracks : the limbs are wrested with apparent violence ; but with such skill, that * This is called "taktakah." VOL. II. E |
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