New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-08-08
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THE USE or THE BdTH


There is / 0 subject within the range Of the physi
Ciaa's observation upon which the p Ople require in.
sir5c'i,n more than the use OF the blth Sine "-
community lave been celug with de wIt,ry
a. NJ water cure telatdfe, by the 'rte Of half
ucatt men ana women ghO retail he precious
nONty We have observed d steady ncr- ase 90 sulien
deaths from cnIgt stve complains III the Lang,
bowels GDd more especially "f "rlca'- vOnng / Il
nicde sgcd peope. recent melancholy instance
occurring IN lady-a connection of o own # MY
hss bIvue 1T the matter more seriously before Us aud
s4'ehed VI Of the necessity of positive
PLAIN ouettlOns 10 oppose the extravag4' ce Of their
prtfeD Lotions OF the o. this most pc SertG and
health destroying agent Oar readers mu>t excuse
tUf he aNTultDes-, out We assure them we cannot -
taCh the east value tot absurd ous Jnly
entertained on this subj ct by nearly the entire
uLpit, the whole affair is matter of chemistry, aud
cienica physiology. 1t is by no me ans a SUBJ CT of
;zbt; d no but tue well-read Psychologist and
cooC o. server has any right to an opinion; o hers
should submit TO be taught. To begin at the besiu-
ling then: the temp AZURE OF the bO0dl iron - de
grees 20 o. degrees this the average temperature
BheL at rest th.f - ubeXc,cu by exercise, This l,
sne great law, but Is We apparent t.at thc temp"fa
Of the skin varies very mucl IN consequence Oi
diet, exercise etc. How cold You SIC no y warm
yDu eel, tuese expressions are familiar TO all there
&c Loue UIacqualnod with some yOun5 nay VINO
Looks ways half frozen and most Of know Others
who always loOK rs though tLey We're suffering from
Leaf aud their vessels oVer!Osced with blood. These
two coaGOus deno'e widely different po v"r1 6 oro
Cu,ug heat and the reader may rely ~ On it. the Use
al tie tat Is Grteud ed with great dagger tde
G1c W6tcbiu supeIvis On by every parent. Since the
Introduction Of the CrOiOu water luto this city sdch
smIe fcuitios exist for yr.t,yng this insanity, that
D. Cpl, beg 10 suspect the DANGER aOd ID dcnani TO-
IO,uIa ion.
Let Lr now select an example o. the o. ns v use of
Tbe colo bath We vii peak of the warn 9Th tf,er-
yards a Young lacy Of eighteen or twenty, living IN
festlonhbe society has been tOtsevert yeae dS-try-
Jog Der nfe power 10y mPoverishing her brood III L.,
eating quantities. of conf ctiUnery, CAKE aud candies,
iLsit 80 Of wholesome bloOdproducins foJd. sni III
1rt stliIg the n ding atmosphere Ne" 10fk day
or boal sChco by this she Is deprvOg the blood
q lie uppy of oxygen; then she has co ineGcod tbs
grand DC Ot fashionable dissipation, going ~ Two or
tr-r parties week 1uo 10 the theat7r a,d opera ne
iLttr, enng nieht' The has 1ere most urqne7,on1oy
iac bel God continually poisoned ny the iOu a'Wp'-
ptCrc OF CO1ded asse mohe-, aud her nerves, bTer,
suu cigeton jured to 40 extent sufficient to bring
Lei to~er Of producing heat 70 very low comm ION.
She Hwakes AFTER nights eXhad,'iHg sleep III
20, IL kept a fever l,W by chat Oedh-pr 'ducl X
OH C. furo. &C; Gtd he goes - to refresh hers II with
. bath" NV Iomtmbti the difference between t~J
young of slmla az, one ID nigh 4n1 ban ut
lea u and hyng -..Ue lie, AID the otnor laded by
fashion Luo &c feveIi-h; tuey u coo hi" II
VIDE q the sorlb AID f0t't pOo 10 uomen tie lat
tcf get no d, cod BATH the blood Is driven tr nihe
fi4tacC u ..c VII IL BODY 90 the n'eTna og1u~, tue
electro irt,rekant betwt the * and the vast IN
Il ma living OF a. tie blood vessels il interrupted an
rature bss sustained ten bic shock; the poor brain
n 0luort crezcd @h the my lad complaints i receives
iOw tNtiJ Iite icrve-1ccr IN the KIM tue tee. are
CtIChtd bno the eyes ClOsrd with the shock: If the
poor gu ie VIE enough to escape, and ha- ttrug
snoogh ley 10 Commence rapid fl ion 20 the skn, aod
ca sct over The surface last eoougA she NAY IN
hou' iecovsr nearly Der former coudi;iUp az think
sh fcels little better; perhaps she does The sur
% e. ciean Cd aud nature has httle better chance
40 tbros Oh the inscnsble preparation aud some of
The BIZ % POI on eLe has beatbed al Dog frou tnat
Of Osb.rs and Gil ugh from her own c)uGQel exa4a.
tons: bu, who eau measure the consequences Of tle
sb,ck 10 the internal Oreans-the lungs. iujestnr-
49,, oreet inter a. niDgs of the chest aud al cn
iov ma y Il~trisies attack The foIm.r |. how m,ny
slow inflammation, the la teri WY II tue throat raw,
,uo uha, nr. m tlcsc st,cu ana wandering p,In. iu
he abdomeu? wat but the fe be oloodye'el'
.o-gtd with the thin and wafer poo 10 'nven sud
d.bly fcom The whole surface OF the rkl" 10 the
iu.t6nce We have alluded 10, fatal peuf'y aud con-
pes', Of Le lurg- at lat pIoiacer 'N'et 'ng
u.t OF cold baths applied under hydfOPe'9 ia, 'ts
tons The relatives ss4ured Ge that tao 4dy' teHI
tf1 bIo extremely delicate womao, "4s ava l,oi'
bue WITT cold for hsf al hour aud often az houi a''
thee Inonng extcises. Tho Oft ,ck cane on ouf!ne
the colJ wtG,ier f M,y, when she require al 'a'
btst hei body couc produce. She diec IRON PeiN!
ard /. fanmGton o. the lungs.
Most people believe th1t each cold bath they rake