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the weak diftended Capillaries can ordina- 
rily bear, without either ftretching them 
beyond their Tone, or breaking fome of 
them, and caufing them to difcharge their 
Contents either under the Skin or among 
the Mufcles. This Preffure and Contrac- 
tion in Bathing, together with Exercife, 
promifes the fureft and beft Relief to fuch 
as have been long accuftomed to Opiates, 
the Effects whereof is great Relaxation of 
the Solids, as is plain from their Counte- 
nance and Actions; but this fudden, and 
for fome Days repeated Contraction, toge- 
ther with Riding, will invigorate and brace 
up the flagg’d Solids. The fame Reafons 
recommend cold Bathing to ftudious, idle, 
fedentary, inactive Perfons, to brace up 
thefe Fibres which are let down either by 
Sluggifhnefs and Inactivity, or by depriving 
them of a due Supply of animal Spirits, 
by fpending them on the intellectual Or- 
gan. 
On the contrary, fince the Preffure and 
Contraction are fo confiderable, fuch as 
have a very weak Pulfe, are either to avoid 
cold Bathing, or ufe it of a fmall Depth, 
and not intenfely cold ; for the Contraction 
and Dilatation of the Pulfe keeps Pace with 
that 
