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Where did the sitz bath start?

The sitz bath is a European tradition in which only the pelvis and abdominal area are placed in water, with the upper body, arms, legs, and feet out of the water. The water can be warm or cool and one or two tubs may be used.


Why was the ship titanic claimed to be unsinkable?

The hull contained numerous water-tight compartments. If one or two were breached, the other sealed compartments should have kept the ship afloat, to allow it to limp back to port. It was the fact that many compartments were breached when it struck the iceberg - that caused its demise.


How many compartments of the Titanic were filled with water?

RMS Titanic's first five compartments filled with water following a brush-by collision with an iceberg. The ship probably could have floated with as many as four compartments flooded, but with the loss of the fifth, the ship's head (or bow) was pulled down to a point where the rising water was able to spill over the tops of the following bulkheads one after the other, dooming the ship.


How was the ship designed to prevent flooding?

There were many closeable bulkheads that could seal the ship up to deck D. The ship could survive with any two or the first four compartments flooded. Unfortunately the first five compartments flooded. Tough luck eh?At the bottom of the ship the hull was doubled and was called a double bottom.


What were the two safety features that were built into the design of the titanic?

The titanic carried 20 lifeboats, enough for 1175 people. But, the titanic wa overloaded and carried over 2000 passengers on board! It also claimed that the titanic was 'unsinkable', with 16 water tight compartments. They said that it could stay afloat with 4 of these 16 compartments flooded! No consideration or planning had been given to emergency situations. It is also agrued that safety was sacrificed for entertainent. A swimming pool, sports deck, and elevators too up valuable space that could have been used for lifeboats and storage. They rushed the builiding of it, and Bruce Ismay, the managing director of the Titanic, thought that too many lifeboats ruining the appearance of the boat.