Cold bathing is of great advantage to health. It prevents abundance of diseases. It promotes perspiration, helps the circulation of the blood, and prevents the danger of catching cold. Tender people should pour water upon the head before they go in, and walk swiftly. To jump in with the head foremost is too great a shock to nature.
Obstructed perspiration is one great source of diseases.
Whenever there appears the least sign of this, let it be removed by gentle sweats. Select Bibliography Contemporary Calls for a Truly Holistic Approach to Healing Benson, Herbert. Last Great Frontier . The Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy . Underwood, Ralph L. Medicine and Ministry at the Crossroads.