St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-13

the secretions energize the entire sys
TEN and prolong life.
Vapor Cabinet Bath.
This very popular mode of bath il
also to be commended. 1t brings the
blood to the surface, equalizes the
circulation and promotes .cutaneous ex.
halation. All the excretory organs
are relieved, and tue blood, in conse-
quence, very much purified. Inasmuch
as the pores are well opened, great
care should be taken to avoid a chill
for, in SO doing, the skin capillaries
contract and the temperature of the
body surface is lowered and the blood
vessels lose their tone for time.
Internal Baths.
The flushing of the great sewer OF
the human body is, at times, as es.
sential as the flushing of the sewers
of a city. Drink freely of cold wa
ter and occasionally use the hot water
in the form OF an enema. Do not rely
however, upon the latter. If you dc
not hinder nature, you will never need
to help her.
Some persons do not realize how
much the health j.; dependent upon
proper bathing. Not long ago ply
sician was called upon to diagnose a
case. After a careful examination of
the man he assured him that it was
merely rundown condition. There
was nothing he would advise, except,
perhaps, it would be a bath. After
a few days the man returned and he
said: "Why. Doc, if had known that
a bath would make such difference,
I would have taken enc 40 years ago. "
Sun and Air Bath.
After my cold-water bath in the
morning. l make it rule to follow
with an air bath, and, when possible.
a sun bath. There are no words in
the English language sufficiently ade-
quate to express the gratitude felt by
the body.
In the glorious sunshine of Cal
ifornia there lived a man few years
ago who was then 120 years old, but
did not look to be over IS or 20. He
attributed his condition to the fact
that for nearly 70 years, on, his ranch,
he never allowed day to pass with
out barring his body 10 the air and
sunshine or sunlight for one or two
hours at time. To use his own
words: There is no crankiness in my
method. It is simply giving the Lords
own medicine a chance to do its work,
and can assure you that one hour of
bright sunshine pouring down on the
bare human body is more beneficial
to the health of the body than whole
dispensary full of drugs"
One of his grandsons Jagged 70) says
that the old gentleman can run mile
in six minutes fiat, en- a sandy road.
You may rest assured that the old
mans heart is all right, his stomach
is all right, his liver is all right, and
his kidneys are all right.
The Children's Bath.
Children, especially should have
daily baths and frequent changes OF
undertaking. Everything in the
shape of dress should be loose and
easy both to allow tree circulation and
to permit free exit to the insensible
perspiration. By so doing many OF
the skin diseases SO prevalent among
children may be avoided.
After giving child its daily cold
water bath, if you want it to be free
from "colds," and free from the many
things it should not have, lay it on
the bed (nude) where it can revel in
the fresh air and sunshine for full
hour or more. An older child should
be given perfect freedom for the same
length of time in room well aired
and we'll summed.
Bathing is an art, but the care of the
body after bathing, as also after pro-
fuse perspiration, is more than art.
I want to enter my pr otest against two
egregious, hygienic errors; viz. ~
the vigorous rundown after the bath,
(2) the immediate dressing after a
bath or after violent physical exer-
cise
If you want a vigorous rundown, let
it occur during, not after, the bath.
To rub the body br1skly after bathing.
and then to dress Immediately is not
only a sure means of inviting ''cold,"
but it will defeat the very end or aim
of the bath. If you get overheated
from the rubbing, you are just as liable
to cold as when overheated from
the bath 1t were better for the body
to have it wet with the water from
the bath when the clothing is put
on than to have it wet with perspira-
ton from vigorous rundown. When
the under clothing is damp, and the
body becomes chilled, she vitality of
the body is lowered.
III Bath ,Dont:s.
Don't take hot-water bath if thin
blooded, nervous or neuralgia.
Don't battle your hands and face
in hard water, if You cax get soft.
Don't take any kind Of bath direct
ly after hearty meal.
Don't attempt to remove dust from
the face with cold water
Don't take a hot or warm bath in
a cold room.
Don't take hot bath without a cold
water finish.
Don't battle face while warm from
exertion.
Don't use cold water on the face
while overheated.
Don't wash your face too often when
VI
+, Don't forget the alcohol and wash
cloth when travelling.
Don't use sponge for the face at