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I'm not quite sure if this contraption should be called a shower or...what? Proper ladies—in 1830 Virgina, that is—could enjoy this semi-automated device which simultaneously sprayed water and scrubbed backsides via a hand pump connected to a most decorative reservoir. Sorry, no iPod scores or chroma- or aroma- therapies were offered at the time.