Show Daily Health Service By DR MORRIS FIS EIN Value of water used internally and externally in hygiene and in the care of disease has has' been established by thousands of years of experimentation and practice Externally you use water principally pally to affect the temperature of your body Hot water causes dilation of the superficial blood vessels It has bas hasa basa a relaxing effect If th the heat is Intense and long continued continued con all aU the functions of ot the skin are stimulated and there is profuse sweating The chief standby in the treatment of ot rheumatic conditions ons at home is 13 the hot water bath In taking a hot water bath it is best to begin with t the he temperature around 98 degrees I a and nd then to increase it to not Higher t than han 1150 degrees Fahrenheit A cool bath is of ot value in conducting conducting con can d ducting heat away from the bo body ty ly Itis Its It Itis I is I s used particularly to lower temperature temperature temper temper- I in fevers and in general as a t tonic onic for nervous people The Thc The chief chief value of or a tonic bath forthe forthe for forthe the ordin ordinary ry man is a stimulating effect ef ef- ef feet that can be developed early inthe inthe in inthe the morning by a quick shower or plunge The quickness of the bath Is important to get et the stimulating e ef ef- ef feet Sudden changes in temperature produce produce produce pro pro- duce sudden contractions of the blood vessels with a subsequent reaction You can determine for yourself how much of a bath and how much of a reaction you want After a quick bath in the morning particularly a cold shower you should rub yourself vigorously with a fairly fairly fair fair- ly rough towel Some authorities point out that t nobody should take a cold bath in the morning unless he enjoys enjoys en en- en joys it The mental effect of ot the disagreeable disagree disagree- disagreeable able practice may be worse than an any possible beneficial physical effect There is a a. a distinction in value between be be- tween n a tub and a shower bath The shower is more stimulating due to the sting of the spray and the quicker regulation of ot temperature The tub bath is useful because the water surrounds sur stir rounds the tile body at even pressure Many authorities recommend the freshening bath just before belore dinner clinner A person who is Li tired from the days day's work will find a warm shower relaxing relaxing relax relax- ing and a short cold splash immediately imme thereafter stimulating A few minutes' minutes rest lying down for not more than 15 minutes in tes thereafter there there- after alter will prepare the body for lor or the kind of ot drive that continues with many people in these times for another six or seven hours hour after the days day's work is done Special baths for certain portions of the human body are useful under certain tain lain conditions Particularly recommended recommended recommended mended is the hot foot bath for relaxation relaxation re re- re- re of tired and painful f feet t. t and the alternating hot and cold bath to the feet teet and legs for cases in which there is muscle soreness and fatigue The alternate hot and cold bath of this type is used particularly by athletes athletes ath ath- letes after hard physical contests |