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tables in the sex-segregated mud rooms. Patients lay on these and attendants covered everything but their faces with additional mud. Afterwards patients cleaned off in a tub, drank sulfur-infused water, and moved to a cooling room for a massage. Mud baths were only given in the morning. The afternoons and evenings were for relaxation and entertainment.
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