( 3 8 5 ) 
tion of the Heat of the Water. Cold 
Baths are not to be ufed but from May 
to September , except by fuch as have been 
accuftomed to them ; for not only is our 
Atmofphere colder, but the Water is hea- 
vier ; the Body is hotter, its Fibres better 
braced, and its Fluids of a ftronger Texture 
and Confiftence 0 Fallopius , Baccius , &c. 
tell us, that the firfl Intention of bathing 
in warm Baths is Evacuation, efpecially if 
done in nitrous, fulphureous, or chalybeate 
(by them called aluminous) Waters ; and 
indeed by relaxing the too rigid and ftiff, 
or bracing the lax Fibres, attenuating, thin- 
ing, and fqueezing out the vifcid perfpira«* 
ble Matter of the excretory DuCts of the 
Skin, and promoting a free Perfpiration 5 
and alfo by its comprefiing the Bodies Sur- 
face, it throws the. Fluids inwards. Hence 
two very conliderable Evacuations are en- 
creafed, viz. Urine and Perfpiration. 2. Re- 
laxation, or foftening the Contractions, Stiff- 
nefs and Rigidity of the Parts, whether by 
Cold, or fome compacted Matter, Qbftruc- 
tion or Emaciation $ and for this Buxton is 
the fureft known Relief in this liland, it be- 
ing only tepid ; for hot Waters rather con- 
trad than relax, ftiffen than foften. 3, Dry- 
C c ing * 
