The Cold Bath in the Morning.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5357, 7 September 1895, Page 6

The Cold Bath in the Morning.

Cold baths in the morning are undoubtedly beneficial, bat only to those persons who hare sufficient vital energy and nervous force to encore good reaotion, with no subsequent langour or lassitude Many persons who are greatly refreshed by their morning bath feel tired or languid two or three hours after it. When thia occurs it ie conclusive evidence that the practice is harmful. Persona who have an abundance of blood and flesh, who are lymphatic or sluggish in temperament, and whose nervous force is not depleted, can take a cold morning bath to advantage. Others, who are inclined to be thin, whose hands and feet beoome cold and clammy on slight provocation, who digest food slowly and assimilate, it with ( difficulty, who are nervona, and who have much on their minds, should avoid early morning cold bathing. For such the bath before retiring at night is recommended, as it should be followed by rest of brain and body till equable conditions of circulation are re-established. Some persons who are weak in nervous power have such excitable nerves that they get at once a perf eot reaotion from cold bathing, but lose in. i after effects more than the value of the bath. This class of individuals should not bathe too often, and should always use tepid water, choosing the time preferably before retiring.— The Family Doctor.