A treatise on the beneficial effects of cold and warm bathing : with an appendix containing a description of the baths erected at Portobello, near Edinburgh.

Date:
1807
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Credit: A treatise on the beneficial effects of cold and warm bathing : with an appendix containing a description of the baths erected at Portobello, near Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS. •NTRODUCTION. Bathing, a general practice in all ages ; among the Greeks and Romans, p. 3. Very preva- lent in this country ; must be of great utility, 4. Ihap. I. Of, Cold Bathing. In wha^ its utility con- sists, 5. Time of using the cold bath; best time of the tide for sea bathing, 6. Mid-day the proper time for delicate persons, 7. Cold bathing to be avoided in the evening, 8. Condition of the body previous to cold bathing considered, 9. When the heat of the body IS greatest; Dr Currie’s opinion, lo. Popular opinion erroneous, 12. Remarkable transitions from heat to cold among the Romans ; among the peasants of Fin- land, 13. Mode of using the cold bath ; what is to be done previous to bathing, 14. Time of remaining in the water, le. Frequent immersion improper, 17. Erroneous opinion of immersing the head, is. Ma- nagement after bathing, ] 9. Advantages of a shelter- ed situation for sea bathing, 20. Advantages of cold bathing within doors; rules for using the cold bath, 21. Diseases in which cold bathing is useful, 22. Fever 23-26. Intermittent fevers; nervous diseases; paL pitation of the heart; hypochondriasis; St Vitus’s lance, 27. Epilepsy and convulsions; hysterical af- rections ; chincough ; nervous headach, 28. Rheuma- Jsm ; gout; constipation of bowels, 29. Bilious com- plaints ; sore throat, 30,31. Inflammation of eyes • ' ‘ crophula ; rickets, 32. Female complaints ; debility constitutipn from the use of medicine, 33, »