Practical observations concerning sea bathing : to which are added, remarks on the use of the warm bath / by A.P. Buchan.

  • Buchan, A. P. (Alexander Peter), 1764-1824.
Date:
1804
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Credit: Practical observations concerning sea bathing : to which are added, remarks on the use of the warm bath / by A.P. Buchan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    •xut and to contain more precautions againfl the imprudent ufe of cold bathing, than incentives to the adoption of that practice in doubtful and anomalous cafes. Among thofe who refort to the fea-fide, a propenfity to rufh indifcriminately into the water is already fufficiently prevalent* and appears to ftand more in need of the bridle than the fpur. It might be naturally prefumed, that the bed information refpefling the propriety of bathing, could, when neceflfary, be obtained by applying to fome of the medical pra&itioners redding on the fpot. But a perfon repairing to the fea coal! with fome flight ailment, which he has reafon to expert will be removed by bathing, or by change of air, does not always confiuer it as being incumbent on him to make a formal appeal to medical opinion: and, when informa- tion is required concerning the propriety, frequency, or fitted time of bathing, I have in general ebferved, that the Bathers are the oracles to whom people apply for advice. Of their opinion I would fay, with Horace, f( Male verum exammat omnis corrupt us judex” It