Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-07-15

passage through the numerous chan-s 4
nels, before it can exert its Efficacy
For this obvious reason. it 10 peculiar-
ly adapted TO those constitutions which,
though robust, and apparently healthy,
are liable TO nervous, hysteric, hypo-
chondrieal, and paralytic affections, as
well as to frequent attacks OF Hatutency,
and conse quent indigestion.
Cool Baths may be called those
which are of a temperature between
the 56th and 18th degrees of Farenheirs
scale. They are of great service in all
the cases where cold bathing has before
been recommended, and require near
~ similar prosecutions. As their influ.
ence, however, on first entering them
is less violent, though their subsequent
effect may be attended with equal ad.
yantages, it follows, that even persons
Of more delicate organization may re-
Sort TO them with greater safety.
With respect TO rules for cool bath.
ing We refer the reader to those stated
in the preceding article; and shall only
remark that notwithstanding it's effects
are Teas perceptible while the body con
tinues in the water, tits necessary that
the bather on coming out of it, should
be wiped dry with the greatest exped'.
tiop, to prevent catarrhal affections.
Warm Baths, are such az have q
temperature above the 10th, and not
exceeding the Goth or 9Sth degree OF
the thermometer before meDtioned.-
There are various springs In Britain,
especially those of Bath, Clifton Bnx'
ton. and Matlock, to which Nature has
given this temperature, the most beDe-
fetal to the human body. But whesh.
er the tepid bath of this description be
natural or artificial, is equally conducive
to the restoration of energy, though it's
effects have, till lately, been little 10.
derstood. Physicians az we'll as pa
tients, have hitherto been too generally
accustomed to consider warm bath as
weakening the body, and used only for
the removal of certain diseases, espe-
cially those of the skin. Experience,
however, has amply proved, that there
can be no safer and ef4icacious remedy.
10 q variety of chronic or inveterate
complaints, than the warm bath, if pro-
perly used, and continued for Q suffi-
cient length of time. Instead OF heat.
eng the human body as has erroneohsly
been asserted, it has cooling effect,
ingsmuch as it obviously abates the
quickness of the pulse, and reduces the
pufsations in remarkable degree, &C.
cording to the length of time the pa
tient continues in the water After the
body has been oyerheated by fatigue
from travelling. violent exercise. or
from whatever cause. and likewise at.
ter great exertion or perturbation OF
mind, tepid bath, is exceltently calcu.
lated to invigorate the whole system,
while it allays those tempestuous and
irregular motions, which otherwise
prey upon, and at length reduce the
constitution to sick bed. It's Soften
ing and assuasivs power greatly tends
to promote the growth of the body; on
which account it is peculiarly adapt
ed to the state of such youth as mani
fest premature disposition to arrive
at settled period Of growth. and it has
uniformly been observed to produce
this angular effect in all climates.
Hot Baths are those which have
temperature above SO or 100 degrees
of Farenheit, and are occasionally in
creased to ITO or 100 degrees and up
wards, according to the particular na
ture of the case, and the constitution Of
the patient. There can be no stated
rules laid down for it's use, avery thing
depends upon the peculiar circumstan-
'ces of the patient. No prudent person
will, we trust, have recourse to a hot
bath without medical advice.
DIR. Oliver asserts, shat by the pru-
dent use of the hot bath, most chroDi.
cal disorders, and geuty cases in par.
rfcular, not IN an infamed state, may
be relieved, and sometimes cured
while persons in high health may be
greatly injured by wantonly sporting
with so powerful an attsratioe of the
animal mac hine, either from sickness
to health, or from health to sickness"
[Tsgg's Book Of Utility.
CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENT.
The following is an exact copy of a
CURIOUS shop.biIl at Wjgan:-
James Williams, parish clerk. sax.
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