sweat bath

Example Sentences

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He was given a steam sweat bath daily.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

He lay a cripple in Montenegro six months, but in the summer crawled down to the Bocche de Cattaro and on the sweltering shores of the Adriatic built himself a primitive sweat bath.

From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Gordon, Cora

"Cannot I cut off the part and restore you by a sweat bath?" the friend asked.

From Myths and Legends of the Sioux by McLaughlin, Marie L.

Jim's overcoat gave him the pleasant feeling of sitting in a sweat bath but he dared not doff it.

From Mixed Faces by Norton, Roy

First of all the patient was given a "sweat bath."

From I Married a Ranger by Smith, Dama Margaret