( 33 ° ) 
he returned to his own Cold Bath (whole 
Degree of Cold fee in the Table) as Spring 
came on he ftill grew better, now could 
fpeak aloud. Three Weeks after Midfum- 
mer he began to work at his Trade (a 
Stocking Weaver) he kept Bathing all that 
Summer and next Winter, but turned neg- 
ligent the Summer after, viz. in 1731, on 
which he had a fmall Relapfe, but was 
foon carried off by the Cold Bath. This 
Courfe he continued next Winter and Sum- 
mer, followed his Bufinefs carefully, and 
was able to provide well for his Family, 
Every Summer before he bathed he ufed 
to fweat exceflively, but chiefly the Breaft 
poured out a clammy Sweat like Oil* but 
inftead of that, after the Cold Bath, he 
had only a kindly natural Heat. The firfl 
Winter he bathed, when he rubbed his 
Skin to dry it, there always came off /a thin 
Scurf 01* Fleece all over the Body. He has 
now continued well for feveral Years. 
But how thefe wonderful, and fome of 
them feemingly contradictory Cures, are 
brought about by cold Bathing, we find 
fufficiently accounted for by the above Au- 
thors, who fuppofing the Body's whole 
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