Sweat: The Illustrated History and Description of the Finnish Sauna, Russian Bania, Islamic Hammam, Japanese Mushi-buro, Mexican Temescal, and American Indian & Eskimo Sweat Lodge |
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Contents
Foreword by Leon Elder | 6 |
Spirits of the Sweat Bath | 15 |
The Islamic Hammam is Born | 37 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Sweat: The Illustrated History and Description of the Finnish Sauna, Russian Bania, Islamic Hammam, Japanese Mushi-buro, Mexican Temescal, and American Indian & Eskimo Sweat Lodge |
| Author | Mikkel Aaland |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Capra Press, 1978 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Aug 18, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0884961249, 9780884961246 |
| Length | 252 pages |
| Subjects | › Health & Fitness / General |
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