Bisbee daily review., 1905-06-07
SATHs IN SUMMER.

The use of baths in hot weather IS important and, according to some med ical experts, imperative. h periods of heat. it is stated the pores of the skin get partially stopped by perspiia- tion, with obvious danger to health. Extra work is thrown ppon the kid neys and other internal organs-worl1 which they cannot Ions perform with out injury In the low temperatures of winter the exudation from the skin is hastened by the rapid removal of the bodys moisture, whereas in humid summer weather the clogging is rapid and disagreeable There is no way, il is said, to restore the pores D their proper condition so quickly ar effectually-and incidentally to cool /ourselves-as the application of wate-. To some persons. no doubt, the use of water is an ordeal. Managers Of hospitals have many anecdotes to tell of patients who are terrified at men ton of the bath tub, and plead pit eously to be excused. A surgical oper- ation they endure with equaniinity, but the habit of life time give them an invincible dread of soap and water. Others lack this antipathy, but are almost equally neglectful of these hygenic agents. We have all heard of the student who boasted that he "bathed regularly once a month, though he didn't need it."
 But there are baths and baths, and their character and frequency must be decided in reference to the age and condition of the bather. For robust, healthy person in youth or middle age, a daily bath in cold water is advisable and almost necessary. An additional bath at night is suggested by some ex- perts as advisable in summer. care be- ing taken, of course, never to bathe soon after a meal. There must be an interval for the digestion of food be- fore the chill of a cold bath is expert enced At\no time should the bath be protracted, and after it is ended one should be rubbed down with a soft towel. Persons in weak health will properly avoid the cold bath, using tepid or warm water and drying off rapidly. 50 lo6g," says the medical expert of the Los Angeles Examiner "as a rapid reacuon sets in after the cold ablutions, there cannot be the least danger from any supposed shocl to the system. That so called shock is as often as not purely imaginary and I am prepared to affirm that il the winter months far more harm i 70 done by people taking baths heated t a high temperature and producing most enervating effect on the constitu tion, than by indulgence in quite col baths, although, of course, for thos who have not thoroughly accustome themselves to the latter it is imperS tive that care should be taken to r' main in for a strictly limited period from three to four minutes being quit sufficient in the early stages of an experiment" According to this al thority, "at any season of the yes the morning tub is as essential health as breakfast; but in summ' the really wise are those who take or
 at night, as we'll
 The use of highly alkaline soaps N deprecated, but the occasional additiC of a little soda to the water of u
 bathtub is suggested as tending
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 spiration." And the rough towel
 objected to as being injurious to u
 outer cuticle. In regard to the u
 of cold water persons having hes
 trouble will do well, it is suggeste
 to avoid it, but others who are in fs
 state of health can endure cold wat
 very well after few trials.