sweat bath
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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
He was given a steam sweat bath daily.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
The sweat bath was in common use among almost all the tribes north of Mexico excepting the central and eastern Eskimo, and was considered the great cure-all in sickness and invigorant in health.
Therefore, when a child is named, four stones are heated for the sweat bath.
From Osage Traditions by Dorsey, James Owen
I begin to fall off in weight like a jockey in a sweat bath.
From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Beach, Rex Ellingwood