The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-02-11
BATHING AND WASHING.

i ~ pd'iilhS ana thorough washing. w
now select from the Fhrenoloeical journal a mas,
excellent article the mode of perforn,;nG l,tos'
according to different conditions Of the system.
BahtAS, ocih Directions for adoDti0r 10 tor,
PefdtGLe toHe State Of the Patient of The ut;l;,,
OIL Dahing, very considerable portion of onr co,,
iiunl'les are becoming so thoroughly convinced tho,
thousands practise 1t now where one adoned i tor
years ago The change is really ASTONISHING NIo,b
ers, by thousands, bathe or wash their child, III
over regularly In the intelligent circles Of polt "i'
for example, probably mere battle themselves 'ai
children than omit II. And this health nron,o,;,,,
Pacuce Is rapidly extending throughout VILLAGES ,
to"hS' so much that an inquiry touching The hos,
,JofMS OF bath, their temperature, times etc i bo
conlns quite desirable and Important Hence tb;s
article "iis
Many, hearing cold abutions so bioblv rooo.
inendeu' Try them al hrst perhaps, With benefit but
a1terward with serious INJURY which thew attrhnte
to the 6ath, whereas 1t belongs to the teInerot,ro
FOR many years after began to battle daily ! 70
ceWed unllnged benefits therelrom. and = oroo+
amount OF It, BY and by, my system became So re-
duced by excessive mental appcaton. that react;o,
dld not always take place, and it injured mo
therefore took 1t less frequently. and only when
was sure possessed sufficient vitality to secure that
reaction. Under this linen NV skin beconoa,,oa
er, coils and slight fevers began to make tIer an
pearance, and became apprehensive for the fnnre
I'LL DIR North, OF Saratoga, recommended NOT 81
the warm bath, but a cery warm one: con,,ne,o;n
at about So degrees Fahrenheit and risinq =, snas
cesslve baths, to ITO; remaining mi from hCfo =,
thirty minutes, as could bear it, ssNevar ,,;nJ >,
SAID he, ''f 1t prostrates YOU for the time heng
gu require that your blood should be brought 10 the
S@J@fe, ana inns VIII do 1t, and thus iortfy Won
against the winters cold'' He added This g,noraI
rule, which struck me both as so reasonable and ~,
portant, that write this article mainly 10 nronI-
gate IT. namely-''When the system is oyer-excited
and requires TO be reduced take the cold hath bnt
when 1t Is so deblated as to require touies ornIo'
the YARN BATH These warm baths did for me- th5o
very thing required-nameIy, relieved nv internal
organs and head by directing the blood to the skin
~ ieW hot Daths so restored the action Of the skin
that 1t was benefited by the cold bath which is al
ways best when there is sufficient vitality in the sys
tenn to produce the required reaction lie said no
prescribed the lCGrR, bath instead of biters tonis
and stlmulants-or where these were considered ro
qulslte In general practices but the cold bath where
aeptettoa and salvation were formerly prescribed,
that ls where the pulse was hard the skin feyerish
ana the system required TO be reduced And this
RUE Is undoubtedly correct. 1t viii generally be
found to agree with the PATIENTS feeiiags-and this
Is, after all, the great test
Another important rule is this: Whenever the
patient lnsncllvey shrinks from cold water because
really pains MN, use the tepid bath; but which cold
water produces an agreeable sensation and eavps
pleasant glow, the cold bath is preferable. Mark |
do not say when the bather Miaks cold water will
produce painful shock; for many imagine it will af
iecl 'nel uhlaVoraDiy, whereas, properly applied, it
would produce delightful sensations When The skin
Is not and the system restless, and whenever there
IS positive pain, local or general, Apply cold water
but when you feel weak exhausted use the ,cn,aa
bath ~
those whose nerves are oyer-excited or diseased
should generally use the tepid BATH because their
nerves require quiet; whereas the shock caused by
cold water only re-irritates them and thus enhances
disease; whereas tepid water soothes the nerves and
carries off diseased NATTER besides opening the
pores.
Our general rule, then is this that temperature of
bath is best which feels best TO YOU But mark these
three important directions: |. Always after the
warm bath, wash of in cold water; for this closes
the pores, and helps prevent taking cold after them,
besides bracng the system. 2. Always, when YOU
wash Or battle IN cold WATER employ sufficient action
by swimming, or rubbing, something else, to pro.
duce subsequent gow for this is indispensable and
Its absence renders the bath injurious g. Keen up
the circulation by subsequent exercise
Many persons go shrnkingy and slowly into their
baths This Is all wrong. Spring from your bed as
though great snake was crawling over you rk off
your night clothes instantly, dash into the water as
II for your life rub though you would lister your
skin, wipe quickly, on with your clothes in double
quick tne, and go at something with mgh and
main, till the blood courses brsly throughout your
whole system, and you will feel almost like new
being
The quantity of water bathed in is by no means un-
important. The body charged with electricity and
water Is rapid conductor OF this element Hence
none persons should stay long in large bod
les OF water. One minute is too long for me to stay
In river, even in hot weather. Invalids should 90
only into small bodies of water, and will generally
lind the sponge, or hand bath, preferable, because
small bodies ciwater become soon saturated with
eiectrciy,so that you apply the longer without
It's reducing the vital force below the re-cting point
Are warm or cold rooms best! Whichever feels
best. When vigorous enough to insure reaction,
decidedly prefer cold rooms and ice-cod water; but
when not, warmer water and rooms All these con-
ditions each patient must determine for HIMSELF and
determine by that infabe guide has DUN sensations
Yet let all employ kind of bath, either daily,
or, at iarthest, semi.weeiSly.
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D1SPEPSlA-WHAT IS IT? The symptoms
sor stomach naulence, fainness and indescribable
ess a, me pt OF the stomach food producing Distress
oi.cn attended with nervousness owness of spirits sleep
costivehess sometimes alternating pain
~ 'e sue, between the shoulders under the shoulder
piaoe &cit Is disease of the Liver and can be cured
IN hbiLEf ANALYTICAL PHYsIcI AN will be in attend
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