Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-06-15

then remember the elyslum OF n hot BATH if
you happen to have entered one; or, if such
fact cannot be recalled, should the like
feelings ever assail you again, in justice to
commentator, try one. 1t surp9sses the
toasting before the kitchen fire; an oven
bears no comparison TO it, and bed is sor-
ny rival. Such state of things as half
ireczings, and similar suflerings are highly
dangerous and cold caught ono day, oft
en- sees the victim co1ned in week A
hot bath taken at the fitting moment arrests
the threatened insasion dissolves the irigid
members, terminates nose, fingers, and
toes, sends the blood merrily on to every
extremity, where ten minutes before it was
stranger, and composes the body i'll a
state of thankful and grateful ease, and sends
death about his business. This is not
mere fanciful sketch by ii bath proprietor,
but positive and uudcnablc truth and Il
warm bath aptly taken has, in hundreds of
instances, and thousands too, avertcd and
cured illness that bitter experience tells
us has proved fatal for the want of one. A
cold is the most accessible of all complaints
by an nhabitant of this variable climate /:
neglected, it leads to the most fatal.
A wa,m bath is the rcadic>t, cheapest,
quickest, best, and must certain curc. |
am not the only authority for this assertion
Every travelled man of forty years can at
test it Probatum est" Now, setting
aside this rhapsody on the best way of
warming ourselves, and of killing cold,
the reader may desire to know what medi-
cal men think of the virtues and usefulness
Of warm bathing. That it is conducive to
health; that it absolutely is the best subst-
tutc for exercise and physic, when the for
MGR can scarcely be had, aud of the latter
there is too much already swallowed That
it cqualizes the circulation of the blood ;
renders the skin supple aud moist: promotes
free circulation, and relieves the body from
a LAYER of thick, obtruslvc accumulation of
scurl, aud olcagnous suriacial deposit, and
so proves salntary, giving thereby an impe-
tus TO absorption and secretion, is also a
great fact and therefore, it is most wholesome
and wise, on not too frequent occasions, to
avail oneselfof it.
4 man cotiing himscH in heath, to kcrp
himself so, ShouM ocrtaini, take Waym
bath onrc pcck throughout his life: cCr-
tainiy Il fortnight Sh0aM not pass withont
one. Let the sceptic try the experiment,
and, in addition to improved feelings, the
great one of knowing his entire body to be
clean and spotless and wholesome, will be
such a comfort, that misery is in store if
the practice be omitted. The effect of a
warm bath To person i'll health is highly
delightful. The sensations during the pro-
cess are exquisite, and afterwards no less
so. The liberty of motion, the plcasurable
I a l.. r, a..
perfect ease during the indulgence have no
parallel The ncXibity of the joints, the
freedom of respiration, the improved tone
of nervous feeling in mind and BODY ytcl-
lcct being brighter, and every faculty litcIl-
cr-nemory, thought, and idea, at com
mand after the bath-arc notorious truths
known to the patron of tho warm abluton,
The next view may be, the virtues of warm
bathing in illness, in severe cases, or to a
person (tor these observations apply to both
sexes, and, of the two, with perhaps great
or right TO the LADIES' in delicate health, in
dyspcptic health, i'll nervous health. First,
the bath allays all pain and removes all not
positively iniamnatory and even in these
cases it is highly servlccable under proper
advice. 1t quiets all nervous rritablity
promotes general perspration; quickens
and vet soliens the circulation, overcoming
thereby Instructions in dcep-Seated parts
and allowing an easy and regular flow OF
the blood throughout it course. Warm ba-
thing also acts bencfcially on the kidneys
and urinary organs it helps the bowels and
stomach and liver, giving new life to each
the action of each being thereby hcathily
excited it consequently promotes diges-
ton, and, contrary to the popular fear of a
warm bath weakening, it in reality strength
cns the system; and furthermore, IN oppo
sition likewise to the apprehension that 4
warm bath is dangerous, us being liable tt
rive Geld afterwards, it, unhcsitntingly dc
clare, iortifes you against one. Colds are
/ only taken when the bath cXhausts when il
/ is taken too hot, or the bathcr has been toe
| long in it, or he ncautiously submits him
! self to draughts, or fingers about III the cole
aud damp air, and SO "takes chill" OF
coming out of one. In all cases of rest
! lessness-the iidgets-in hypochondriasis
or better known as low spirits-genera bod
| lily and mental depression-thc warm bati
is most useful it tranquiizes the whole
system, induces a good nights rest, soothe'
excitablity, stills an irregular and iiuctua
ting pulse, and Gains a turbulent mind, Al
matter of health and duty, the bath is i'm
! perative as one of ease and comfort ant
enjoyment, and lastly Of cleanliness, incom
parable if omitted from dstfast in thu
first instance, folly, if from dllatoriness o
incidence, or on the score of trouble or ex
pense, objectionable. Read what Arm
strong says -
The ahluon, Just enough to clear
/ The suices Of the skin. enough to keep
The body sacred from Indecent soil,
Sill To he pure, did it not eonducc
(As much II does, to health, were greatly worth
Your daily pains 1t is this ndorns the rlcl
The Of this is pOvery's worst noe
with this external virtue, age maintain.
A decent grace without H. youth and charms
Are loathsome. This the verna gracos Know,
80 doubtless do your wives for married sires
As well as lovers, still pretend to taste
Not is it less (al prudent wives eau ienl
q 70 lose husbands than a lovers heart
The usual temperature of the warm batl
is ninety-eight degrees, but, according t.
the object in view, it can be modified ant
borne at the pleasure of the bather if ia
ken for mere refreshment and cleanliness
the above heat will prove very agreeable ant
suitable for the purpose II suffering from
cold or other indisposition, aud perspiratiol
be desirable, one hundred degrees will b.
found effective, and ten minutes are quit,
/ Iono enouoh IN remain in il ; if the STAY BIZ