Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-09-17

tor till he became drsnkard, !uitaincd fai
character and was held in etteem by his ac.
quaintanc-. - IB.1lgeoo Patuot ]
PORTLAND, SEPT IS.
As bathing hoefe has been lately errced in this town
it may not be ant imey give the following extract from
the Don,eific Encyclopedia.
WAKM BATHS. are luch as have tenn
perature ABOVE the 10Th, and no. exceeding the
o6th Or o3th degree OF the thermometer There
are various iprinss il Britain. efoeciay ,hoic
Of Bath, Clifton, Buxton, and Ma,lock, to which
nature has given this Temperature, the mott BEN
eficial TO the human body. Bur whether the.
tepid bath Of this deicription be natural or
artificial, it is equally conducive TO the
re.tora;ion of energy, though its effects have,
till lately, been liste undcrfood Payicians. as
well as patients, have hitherto been 100 ecnnr=-
ally accuhomed 10 conider warm bath, as
weakening the body, and ufeful only for the re-
moval ofcertain deafes Especially thoie OF the
tkin. Experience however, has amply proved
thar there can be no fafcr and more efIicacious
remedy in a variety of chronic ard ipye.srase
complaints than the warm bath if properly ui--
ed, and continued for sufficient length Of time.
DIR. Marcard, rctident phyiican of Pyrmont, has
=. or-as, s~El~-:I- I----ar,.a1 H..
the qcayn1 bath, in many cafes of debility ffoa-~
ipafms, pain, anxiety, and other caufes, as well
as to hectic and eniaciatcd perfons, is generally
of eminent fervice, and ainot the only means
of rehoring their health and proloogng their live
lnitead OF heating the human body as has erro-
neouily been Altered the warm bath has cool
ing effect, in as much as i. ooviouAy abates III.
quickncfs of the puie, and reduces the pelG..ian.
in remarkable degree, according to the length
of time the patient continues ir the water.
After the body had been overheated by fatigue
from travelling, violent exercile, or from what
ever cauie, and likewiis after great exertion.or
perturbation of mind tepd bath is eScellent-
y calculated to mvigoratc the whole fyitem,
while it aliays thofc tesnpcituous and irregular
motions, which othervile prey upon.& at length
reduce the contribution TO flick bed. Its foften-
ing and aauafve power greatly tends TO pro-
mote the growth OF the body on which ac-
connt it is peculiarly 'aptet to the fate of
fuch youth ranfeit premature difpoGrion
to arrive ar a tettled period of growth and it has
uniformly been obiervrd to preduce this angular
effect, in all climates.
The warm bath is of very great utility to
fuch individuals as are troubled with parched
and rough Kin it has ALTO been found to afford
relief in many paralyric, bilious, hypochondria.
CAL hvneric, and even iniane cafes, as well as
to forward the cure of fcorbutic and eprous err
| options, when itrict attention had been paid to
both diet and regimen In paliy, likewiis no.
dern obfervers ailcrt that warm bathing is one
| of the mott cif.etual remedies.
! LoUIsIANA.-In fpite OF the faliacicus repre-
ientations and lullaby tories of the tranquil
| flare Of Loui6ana, events take their natural
courle, and truth will, at lait, sc heard. ris
now efab!ilhed beyond contradiction, that
! tpirt Of diicontent prevails in that country, and
that the dihatisfaetion is directed b. talent. -
The advocates of the Louifana purchafe, and the
meafures purified relative to eitab,'ihing new
government there, r,cf nov confefs themieves
in a ferrous errou-. Ii ,ae government framed
for tina, country was wife and juit, then are the
people turbulent and dangerous citizens, for
adopting fuch language we find i'll the rcmon-
france. If their complaints are we'll found
ed, then who will juaify the Executive in
exerciGng tyranny over community, TO
which they folemny rendered the beiiings of
free government We will not exult IN the
perpexitics with which the wretchcd policy of
the rreient adpniltration has overwhelmed it,
felf, for we mutt bear pare of the evils--the
whole country mue futfer but reproach mutt
and will fall, and that with due weight, where it
, is itr:kingly deteryea-Rtp@f@y.