In advanced age I think they are generally
unadvisable ; or, at all events, the highest

^ Both made by Jaeger and Co,, «nd I believe aot
flUewhere.
xi8 DIET IN RELATION TO

temperatures should be avoided. If doubt
exists at any period of life, in relation to
the question, a good medical adviser should
be requested to make a general examina-
tion of the heart, nervous centres, etc., and
his opinion should decide it

I have still another bath to name, which
I term " The Air-bath.** With our usual
The air- habits of life, the skin is never un-
^***^ covered or exposed to the surround-
ing air, except for a minute or two when
taking water-baths ; hence it becomes soft
and flabby, loses its healthy surface, and
more or less of its ability to resist cold,
especially what is called ''catching cold.'*
It is liable, particularly in hot summer
weather, to be affected by a slight, red,
irritating rash, it may be, a modification
of what is known as " prickly heat.** In
order to avoid this condition, and certainly
to remedy it if it occurs, I know nothing
so useful as exposing the entire surface
of the body to the air of the bedroom,
with an open window, for half an hour
before dressing. Much of this period.
