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derangements of any extent, particularly in the liver, 

 have taken place, the cold bath must he hazardous, 

 from the sudden afflux of blood directed from the 

 surface to the interior, and also on account of tlie 

 subsequent vascular reaction. Another and less 

 hazardous form of using cold water is by the appli- 

 cation of a wet sponge to the surface of the body, 

 followed by friction with a coarse napkin. The last 

 resort — the tepid bath — if care be taken to avoid 

 a chill afterwards, will, in these cases, be substituted 

 with great advantage. 



Sleep. — The hour of retirement to repose should 

 never be protracted beyond ten o'clock ; and at day- 

 light we should start from our couch to enjoy the 

 cool, fragrant, and salubrious breath of morning. 

 Early hours are here indispensable. The fashionable 

 dissipation of Europe would soon cut the thread of 

 our existence in these regions ; but the order of 

 nature is never inverted with impunity, even in the 

 most temperate climates. 



