Don't neglect a daily bath of some kind. Don't neglect the daily sun and air bath.
Don't take a cold bath when fa tigued; but take a bath in water as hot as can be borne. It will help to rest you.
Don't strip for a bath when the body is cooling after perspiration, but step into a warm bath while the body is heated.
Don't stay too long in the water. Get out before you begin to feel chilly.
Don't stand around on the bank or in boats after bathing until you get a chill.
Don't bathe early in the morning on an empty stomach unless you are vigorous and strong enough to stand it. The best time for you may be two or three hours after breakfast.
Don't neglect the weekly hot-water bath, followed by a change of cloth ing to keep the body clean and healthy.
Don't believe that you can get rid of wrinkles by filling them in with powder. Just before going to bed bathe your face in warm, then in cold water. And quit worrying. It will save you many a wrinkle.
Temperature of the Bath. — The temperature of the bath for cleanli ness should be about 95° F. A cold shower bath or douche to follow the warm bath should be about 77° F.
A cool bath should be about 77° F., but the temperature at the start may be lowered for those who are accus tomed to it.
The water for a person in ordinary health should be drawn about as hot as is agreeable; but care should be taken not to remain too long in a hot bath. This applies especially to persons who are thin-blooded, ner vous, or neuralgic. After the body has been thoroughly cleansed, it is a good idea to gradually introduce cold water into the tub until a perceptible chill is felt.
If there is running water in the bathroom, a shower bath may be had by obtaining the detachable rubber tubes and fixtures used for this pur pose, which come very cheap. The shower bath is the best means of cooling the Body after a hot bath. When this is done, or after a cold bath, a reaction should be brought about by a vigorous rubbing with a Turkish towel until the body is in a warm glow. This practice would al most certainly prevent all colds and many fevers, with their fatal conse quences.