The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-07-15
WHAT COLD BATHS Dc.

Gslbraith wrote that AT peoples should
~ baShe IN cold s2SKer. But I know
some fat people who bathe In cold
water several times q day during the
very. hot weather. The claim Is, first,
that 1T cleans the skin and thus pre-
vents ptickly heat, it stimulates per-
SEPARATION and thus keeps down the tenn
body. One fat enthusiast cannot sleep
on very hot night until he has taken
cold bath to bring down his tempera-
ture. s.s,=ys.
am asked which is right, Galbraith
or my fat friend. While the tempera-
tures of the body is regulated by very
efficient heat regulating center, we
know that the temperature OF the body
fluctuates q good deal, that there is
Liuctuation in the temperatures OF dill
ferent parts of the body, that the feet
DO get cold and so do some of the IN
ternal organs within limits and that
these variations are of considerable Inn
portance from the standpoint of health
as well IS Of comfort. sF4
Here are some conclusions, most OF
them taken from book by Lefever on
animal heat. The covered parts OF the
body feel neither heat nor cold when
the temperature of water is g. n q
bath the uncovered parts of the body
register neither heat nor cold when the
temperature of the water is 9S.6. They
register cold when it 87.8 and warm
when it Is ola.
An average sized man lost 8o-s5 cal
cries in one minute in bath at Al, IS
Galleries in one at "a, 80 calories in one
at IS, calories in one at 70, and IL
calor<es in one at s.. The temperature
of the skin dropped sharply.
After a short while the temperature OF
the body becomes stationary. but the
lpss of heat Is further increased by Is
Galleries in the Al degree BATH, II cal
cries in the 81, calories in the 65,4 cal
cries in the Is, and calories in the se,
This experiment proves that cold
bath abstracts q great deal of heat,
which must be made up in some way
A naked pigling immersed in cold water
loses heat four times as rapidly as
does furry animal.
The rectal temperature of a man in q
bath at A degrees was carefully taken.
At the time OF plunging in the rectal
temperature was $3.50, five minutes after
the bath it was 98.2, 10 minutes after,
1913: % minutes after, 1914; Is minutes
after, $50; 80 minutes after, $50; 40
minutes after, 1914; 70 minutes after,
Y.7; 100 minutes after, IS 3-5, and 120
minutes after, 99.1.
This shows that a cold bath reduces
the temperature, that IS to 30 minutes
after the bath it is 81 degrees below nor
mai and that the normal level is not
reached until one hour and 10 minutes
after bathing.
I can understand why my fat friend
uncomfortably hot in hot weather. feels
that he cannot sleep until he 'chills
himself OUT by cold bath.
Here is an Interesting explanation
made by Bass and Dubois OF what hap
pened and how a man feels when hnv'
ing a malariai chill There is AZ
enormous increase in the manufacture
OF heat, but the shock sends the bloot
inward and makes the skin cold. Thu
feeling of chilliness is due to the grea:
difference between the heat of the in
ternA organs and that Of the Skin.
Whenever this difference exceeds {
certain number Of degrees the shiverint
apparatus is set in motion. The teeh
chatter and the muscles jerk. Thi
burns up lot of muscle sugar (glyco
GEM, makes Lot of heat near the ski
| and warns UP that structure. AS tn
skin warns blood flows back to it. TIL
| shiveriug stops and the fever stage i
ON. Tire elimination OF heat equals it
| production. The subject feels hot H
has fever. Now sweating comes OF
elimination exceeds production, tn
| temperature falls to normal.