| Show BATHING lt IN is COLD WATER what lover of babies has not pitied the poor HI lit tie tle things when he has seen them thrust thrust int into 0 tubs of water many degrees colder than their juvenile hood blood and brought nut out blue cry fog log ined a and n d chilled to have their badil bodily ly heat rs res to re by chafing with coarse coatse cloths bloehs 11 li it seems to us asi as asking asking too machof much of the ten der system to compel it t to 0 recuperate e its e ear lift gift gies by the simple reaction odthe chill and that thit none but the very strongest constitutions can sil iii stand so constant and so terrible a drain on the thi vital forces but dut manyo four physicians have approved this course ot of treatment and aud especially those who adopt the esno so go ammon common we are glad however to notice that even some of those do not give their a ap p to this torture of the abor children childre lri iri for a writer in the water cure for 1 rent month comes out very decidedly inre in reprobation pio plo of it and strongly 1 urges upon mothers and nurses the adopt adoption 1 on of some less painful and dangerous course of conduct in in the ablution ary ry P process process ile he also disapproves the prevails prevail ing ing practice of rubbing even to abrasion odthe skin with coarse towels ho se brushes sand paper bricks or whatever else the ahe extravagant advocates osgood of good healthy skins his reasoning on these points is perfect and ind we entirely agree with him that the skin alio tho it should be kept clean does riot require rasping raiding or holy stoning in order to keep it I 1 healthy proper bathing bathini is no doubt salutary but the severe ie processes alluded to are as its useless as they I 1 are unnatural ex ez |
