Shampooing, or, Benefits resulting from the use of the Indian medicated vapour bath, as introduced into this country, by S.D. Mahomed, (a native of India) : containing a brief but comprehensive view of the effects produced by the use of the warm bath, in comparison with steam or vapour bathing : also a detailed account of the various cases to which this healing remedy may be applied, its general efficacy in peculiar diseases, and its success in innumerable instances, when all other remedies had been ineffectual : to which is subjoined an alphabetical list of names (many of the very first consequence,) subscribed in testimony of the important use & general approval of the Indian method of shampooing.

  • Mahomet, Sake Deen, 1759-1851.
Date:
1826
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Credit: Shampooing, or, Benefits resulting from the use of the Indian medicated vapour bath, as introduced into this country, by S.D. Mahomed, (a native of India) : containing a brief but comprehensive view of the effects produced by the use of the warm bath, in comparison with steam or vapour bathing : also a detailed account of the various cases to which this healing remedy may be applied, its general efficacy in peculiar diseases, and its success in innumerable instances, when all other remedies had been ineffectual : to which is subjoined an alphabetical list of names (many of the very first consequence,) subscribed in testimony of the important use & general approval of the Indian method of shampooing. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Bolton ! give place—the Indian sage Doth all my Muse’s powers engage ; Thou giv’st the uncertain treasure, wealth. But He Heavens richest blessing, Health. October 8, 1822. M. W. The following Ode appeared in The New London Magazine, I believe, in July 1822. ODE TO MAHOMED, THE BRIGHTON SHAMPOOING SURGEON. Nunc opus est succis; per quos, renovata senectus In florem redeat, primosque recolligat annos.—Ovid. O thou dark sage, whose vapour bath Makes muscular as his of Gath, Limbs erst relax’d and limber : Whose herbs, like those of Jason’s mate. The wither’d leg of seventy-eight Convert to stout knee timber : Sprung, doubtless, from Abdallah’s son. Thy miracles thy sire’s outrun. Thy cures his deaths outnumber : His coffin soars ’twixt heav’n and earth. But thou, within that narrow birth. Immortal, ne’er shalt slumber. Go, bid that turban’d Mussulman Give up his Moscli, his Ramadam, And choak his well of Zemzem Thy bath, whose magic steam can fling On winter’s cheek the rose of Spring, To Lethe’s Gulf condemns ’em.