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

|. nocoteauy much he alh odd,d 10 .b.i, s.oct
Sbp veg "@nt 's'', inateia f. btocc an TT for
hl,l Ia ,.in 10 the ln'rp VI have ,.lrcstr .ho .,
Z ~ if tloy o.. not eat The fat, che muscle, sna ,s.o
of the hocI ma ~, ahsprpcd 10 eurply IT. place-f,r
eN,n ttalh oIHw demGDos iu- which IL fa,
h,crCgcn. Ti'r uur phi ra'Og, can ienoruncr
hwtN,r imI udtnt gaii say II.
Now ", will CONSIDER the shower bath il is not 20
cI,a, IA abe Ia tor d bca', b. cause there BODY
c cole III irme iiarc CO, tact with tac rkln, ony
the nCiyidual little dr. ~ touch the body; tho snock,
bUwcNCr IL III ~ or Ices powerful. aud the nstaat
t'acthn OF ih, ski and If tho body, aud cope
claly ttc monetary rjOp to respiration. rhOse Ia
action 10 be &C <tr,ctOr ~ the surface aud muscles
II exact potion Ia tic volume OF water used the
time OF its 'at0 the of the moi, idua PETS it
powerful or l'rs he paciiy to eudure by the
dVi ual IL at Their matter some bee Jne III health
fu glow otter bali minute d minute Use of il,
who would suffer considerably were II ex'cndcd to
hr m i've mt tesi precisely as they would be- ben
,hied or Otherwise " jumping mo tne cod bath aud
ug ping out again, on remaining there for five minutes
To- wSeh anu rub the SKIN. TINS latter practice
,eshl but wba is still worse the barhrr oftcn
frrt the warm bath for quarter and even b1f an
hour ~, have heard Of taking book and reading oy
the hour and then lifting of the warm water, she sets
tie cold running until she Ii Thoroughly CHILLED
tmOngb! have reason 10 believe that such practice
q"ut f. lent in Ibis city, aLo put to the COM
seLse OF all VI arc not absolutely elly
whether there art many constitutions tual can stand L.
Our articles on the temperature OF the BODY. on the
booo, Oh diet ana the skin. al esochtal TO the
OVtI that ground GAIN
The cas's If young people who require the shower
bath III very 'e~ iAte eco; II ID rtMrdy OF great
pCw.i anc ,hOui be prescribed ana care uly ,tched
by tie logic,l and accomplished physician; but there
cat b. 10 pos ioe ubt tue al ly of inOrnng aud
ev.i rg abuti1n Of the hole bOoy with tepii water
the whpie yeai through.
f oil WHO are not actually robust, the YARN bath
mort a. eatens vcy pr'judiclal ss tie colo one to
oil C,carr pope Is deo edl, exhaus'ng; it Is use
by su grons IA ROM to Obtain tue thorough
rel no. Of al -sues Of the BODY, AMI spec1ly
tn- KIN aid superficial ones. When tepid water aud
soue 10 soap 7ppr-d briskly to the upper parts
of The boy 'of few miLu'es, ana then followed Oy
w,t.T n Ii tie 10 the Xxi o., toe persDn
st-nOrlg aud xpOse' nake0 t. tho ar, summer, the
eff, ia otng hghtul a. coon as the sur
fac il ore' TT toe BODY b. thus thoroughly eqn-ed
II four rec ions ana req irink not han two
uu.s each, ending with the hrsh-lnd nail or ash to
the honCs feet a-t, ana let this be done mpruug
sn0 evening, and far bathing If CONCERNED that
t,IsOb ha fulhto oil the requ remen Of a complete
hSslO Ogy and of good bree e; all other kinds Of
baibiDg, such ~ the puuge and sea batl, may DC
agree abe to u robust and po~ertu bat they a.
ways pecaious, and Ofen, very often, dead to the
ate ptrtoL; pacticsd as il now is we believe the
both % be one of he uUst eXh ,usting ana deadly
OF Cestroyi the enfeebed cou0tItutiOn of the
niiseTa de uoO.rn American wOman.