The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-15
COMFORT IN H0T WBATHER.
A Physiciaas way Of Taking . Bath BY
Which He keeps Cool.

A soon as the hot weather begins to get In
its serious work people Of all degrees OF COM
petenoe and incompetence to speak on the
question proceed to formulate and COM
municate recipes for the avoidance OF sun
stroke. So numerous are these recipes that
II q man attempted to follow out one-tenth
Of them he wouldn't have time to do any thing
else. All the efforts Of these altruistio adj
visers seem, however. to relate to the saving
OF life; none Of them considers the subject Of
comfort, without which life soon ceases to DO
worth living. For the benefit Of such persons
as greatly desire to keep cool-and this category
includes probably an overwhelming majority
OF the adult populations well-known physi-
clan, who is himself q man OF extensive adiposity
and therefore subject to suffering from high
temperatures, has formulated Q simple plan
which Is within the reach Of any person having
access to a bathtub.
This Is q method that I have been trying
on myself with great success for three years
now he says. 1T begins In the bathtub and
ends In the bathtub. There's nothing else to it
except a towel. A great many persons ad-
vocate tepid baths in hot weather on the ground
that q cold bath produces q reaction hat heats
one I'D rapidly afterward. Well. I've got
uOLLuuk 10 ody o&oiios ~ pSpio both icot-
ment. For q person who has a weak heart or
who Is not consttutionally sound It's an eI-
cellent thing. but for . robust man the cold
bath is better when taken In the right way.
The popular shower bath 10 q fallacy 80
far as helping one to keep cool 10 concerned.
for 1--WE minutes after you are dry your skin
10 In a glow. The thing to do Is TO I'LL your
bathtub up with cold water. get into It and lie
perfectly still for several minutes. To begin
with, three or four minutes will be as long as
you will want to stay; later you will find your
self remaining for eight or ten minutes.
when you are thoroughly chilled through
and your skin 10 cool all over II is time to gel
out. Now comes the important part Most
people think they must scrub themselves furi-
ously dry with . crash towel. That's all wrong.
It simply sets up action Of the pores. and there
you are perspirtng again. The proper way 10 Ia
press OF the drops that adhere and do the resi-
BY tanning yourself with the towel Then &c,
into your clothes In q lesurely manner and you
will ind thai for three or -four hours thereafter
you will be cool and comfortable. though sI
creation around you Is melting its collar.
Take q bath like this just before breakfast.
and II you possibly can. another In the middle
Of the afternoon whom tho temperature Il
highest, and you win nnd the miseries Of city
life In the heated spell 50 mitigsted thst you
will forget all about them. I first tried this
two years ago when that terrific hot spell hit the
city carly In August and. though I had to be In
the city throughout the heat ! got through II
well and almost comfortably. But II must be
remembered that this treatment isn't for in
vaids or people with weak lungs or hearts. ]
don't want TO be responsible for deaths by
heart disease and pneumonia. Tho safe thina
to do Is to ask your family physician whether
you are hardy enough to stand such . COURSE
before you begin