The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-24 00:00:00

EFFECTS OF BATHING.

ril'ieheshraepe of medical
illrri advice,
Pno subject
or treatment,
lwtore the public,
in t treatment, which requires
more decided attention and perspicuity than that of bathing,
viz. :—A patient under the treatment of a physician, surgeon,
or apothecary, is recommended to proceeed to Margate, or any
other bathing place, for the purpose of benefiting by the ap-
plication of salt water on the body ; the simple fact is this,
patients labouring under scrofula, hypochondiasis, and various
other diseases too numerous to be mentioned, are those which
practitioners generally recommend as fit subjects for sea air,
and immersions in salt water. because the practitioner has
already exerted all the little science he is possessed of, and
still retaining that self ponession of self interest, which is the
unanimous feeling of socitty ; he is induced from a Motive of
preservation of character and reputation, to recommend his
paients to try means which his own practical resources .are
appreciate or justify ; he sends the patient,
iwiliitoseeougectkeentts
iol tehas chained, and whose constitution he
has perhaps debilitated, by a profusion of delectable matter
in the shape of drugs, to seek his last remedy at a bathing.
place. Bathing acts in this way, a strong and hearty subject
may enjoy the pleasures of bathing with impunity ; but the
debilitated subject who goes to Margate for the purpose of ex-
pectation, more than the system which he is recommended to
pursue, should be careful in selecting the practitioner, who is
capable of giving him that advice which is necessary for the
restoration of his health ; and let him mark this genenral rule.
When he gets to 'Margate, observe strictly the state of his Ito.
mach, viz. can he eat a good dinner, take his glass or two of wine
without inconvenience, if so he may, according to the advice
of his medical attendant, immerse his body in the water every
morning, but on no account remain in it after that immersion;
those whose symptoms are snore debilitated, should merely
immerse themselves every second morning, and as quickly
quit the bath. The general principle, however, which should
be adopted by persons seeking a sea-port for the specified
purpose of receiving benefit, should be a particular attention
to the alvine secretions, &c. let the bowels be moderately_
open, if possible by the action of nature ; otherwise, by the
administration of a mild aperient, viz. one grain of ipecacuanha,
and ten or twelve of rhubarb, and the following morning
of the bath may be taken with benefit for the first week,
using it every second day; should the desired effect follow,'
by invigorating the system, it may then be pursued daily
keeping in view this material point, that bathing can only be of
service, by sudden immersion, anti that remaining any length of
time in the water, must invariably produce evil, whilst the ob-
ject is to effect restoration or strength ; adhere to this, and
Margate will in future have to boast that England has found a
second Montpelier.—(4lfedical Adviser.)

At Margate the pickpockets have had a rich
harvest among the Cocknies. On Sunday even-
iug there was a general clearance of watches,
purses, and handkerchiefs) on the Promenade
Pier,