An essay on warm, cold, and vapour bathing, with practical observations on sea-bathing, diseases of the skin, bilious, liver complaints and dropsy / [Sir Arthur Clarke].

  • Clarke, Arthur, Sir, 1773-1857.
Date:
1819
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Credit: An essay on warm, cold, and vapour bathing, with practical observations on sea-bathing, diseases of the skin, bilious, liver complaints and dropsy / [Sir Arthur Clarke]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    are bathed, the bath employed is called pedi- luvium. | In describing the effects and uses of baths, of different temperatures, I shall begin with the COLD BATH, whose temperature does not exceed 65 degrees, as that which in this country is most generally employed. When a person in the ordinary state of health is immersed in a cold bath, he first experiences a general sensation of cold, which is almost immediately succeeded by a general sensation of warmth, the latter rapidly in- creasing, so as to cause the surrounding water to feel ofan agreeable temperature. If the immersion has been sudden and mo- mentary, and the body be immediately dried and covered from the air, the agreeable sen-— sation of warmth continues, the whole body feels refreshed and invigorated, and under favourable circumstances, the natural per- Spiration is increased. If, however, the immersion be continued for a considerable time, and the water be
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