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watching the men prepare the "Moor bads" or "mud" baths,
in the yard, in an inner court. There is a shed with
a pile of mud or something that looks more like peat.
They put it into the tub and make it fine and they push
the tub which is on wheels, up to a big reservoir of
hot water, and let a lot of hot water into the mud; then,
they push the tub away when they have enough water in it,
and a big man takes a big stick and stirs it up! And
then he goes at it with his bare arms, and stirs it
around till it gets all thoroughly mixed, and then they
push it into a bath room, after putting more carbonic
acid water in. The Moor baths are on the ground floor
and the windows go down to the floor and open like "French"
windows on hinges, and there is a tub of plain water in
the room; so when a patient has taken a mud bath, he
can wash the mud off in a tub of clean water. The run
the carbonic acid water into the mud before they push
the tub into the room. They use the "Moor" baths for
rheumatism and chronic apendicitis and women's diseases,
and fortunately our patient has to take only the nice
clean. "soda water" kind! Nan says she would "Just hate
to get into one of those tubs of mud." but I suppose
if one were very ill, he wouldn't stick at mud if he