Show 0 Daily Health Service By Dy DR MORRIS FISHBEIN In these hot summer days a re refreshing refreshing re- re freshing reeling shower or bath isn't the only means to keep cool For somethIng something something some some- thing just as beneficial to the body and andas as invigorating try an air bath Get Oct the air at a moderate temperature tem tern per attire and humidity and slightly in motion and let lot it circulate over your body You need not be entirely entirely entirely en en- in the nude for this sort sort- of bathe bath Just let most of the skin be I II I I exposed to the air ana and you'll l reel el like a new person Air consists principally of two gases oxygen and nitrogen It also contains a considerable amount of dust and this dust may be contaminated contaminated con con- with debris manure germs and other unhealthful ma ma- tennIs Yet Ye contaminated as the tho air Is when Jt it posses passes over your body it carries away that which is in contact contact contact con con- tact with the skin so that the moisture moisture moisture mois mois- ture evaporates and helps to regulate regulate regulate regu regu- late the body temperature For a long time it was thought that the bad effects of air in closed rooms might be due to an excess of carbon dioxide Now it is realized that this is not very dangerous At the same time it has been established established established es es- es- es that air slightly cool is better for the body than that exceedingly exceedingly ex ex- warm When the air is over 90 degrees there is a tendency to speed up the action of the heart henrt and so lessen the efficiency of the body Cool air on the other hand tends to stimulate Moisture in the air also is of importance importance importance im im- im- im in relation to the way we feel In hot weather we like dry air because it favors evaporation of water from the skin And when water evaporates front from the body we feel cool A pamphlet issued by the National Nation Nation- al Tuberculosis points out that good air is a tonic for the sick and the well The air we find in nature is best for us Though our modern life Is complex complex com corn plex and artificial we still need air The less we tamper with it the better better better bet bet- ter and the thc more we get of it Unaltered unaltered unaltered un un- altered the better The National Tuberculosis association asso asso- ciati elation n at 50 West Fifth street New NewYork NewYork NewYork York N. N 7 will willbe be glad to to send you the pamphlet on receipt of 3 cents to cover postage |