Appendix 5 - Philosophy of Health

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Page 119.2 – “A warm bath perhaps when the action of the system is feeble, …. But where the system is more vigorous, …. A cold bath may be preferable.”

Page 121.2 – “When children are washed for cleanliness, cold water should generally be used;”

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Why 107 – Cold Bath (What 66) Warm water weakens the system.

Page 82.1 – “The cold itself is a tonic to the skin, and through the skin, to the entire system: while the general tendency of warm water upon the surface is weakening.”

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What 67 – Warm Bathing

Warm bathing helps inflammation.

Page 120.1 – “When a limb is inflamed, we bathe it freely in warm water to reduce its action; i.e., to weaken the present excited action of its vessels.”

Comment – Warm bathing alone is not recommended with inflammation.

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Why 108 – Warm Bathing (What 67)

Warm bathing weakens the excited blood vessels.

Page 120.1 – “When a limb is inflamed, we bathe it freely in warm water to reduce its action; i.e., to weaken the present excited action of its vessels.”

Comment – Warm bathing alone increases blood flow.

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What 68 – Seawater

It is better to bathe in seawater.

Page 119.3 – “The kind of bath to be used is of some consequence. Sea water may be the best …. For any whose surface is too cold, lax, and flaccid, throwing off perspiration too profusely, or that which is clammy and morbid. …. A fresh water bath is unquestionably best where a fever, or a tendency to fever, exists.”

Comment – Soap will not lather in seawater so it will not clean as well as fresh.

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What 69 – Over Washing

There is no need to bathe more than once or twice a week.

Page 121.1 – “A person must be very filthy to need a bath every day. …. once or twice a week” Page 121.2 – “but even that (bathing) should not be applied to the whole body so often as every day, if the strength and health of the child be an object.”

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Why 109 – Over Washing (What 69)

Daily bathing will cause loss chemicals through the open pores of the skin and weaken the system. Page 21.1 – “There should be needful bathing, but not excessive: the pores kept open, but stimulated beyond their due action:”

Page 121.2 – “frequent bathing does injury by stimulating the pores of the skin too much. …. But if the skin is made too active, it throws off too much – more than is required, and more than the system can afford to spare: hence the system is gradually weakened.”

Appendix 5 - Philosophy of Health

Larkin B Coles

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Why 115 – Negative Emotions 2 (What 71)

Negative emotions deaden the circulation of the blood and dries up the fluids.

Page 129.1 – “Melancholy deadens the circulation in the blood-vessels and nerves; and also retards the action of the liver. It retards the process of digestion and of nutrition, and tends to dry up the fluids of the whole system.”

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Page 130.1 – “Human sympathy ..... and good-will, give a glow of health to the whole mental and animal system.”

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Why 116 – Sympathy (What 73)

Sympathy aids both the giver and the receiver.

Page 131.1 –“He who wills good to his fellow-beings, …. Is not only relieving the ills of human life in others, but is at the same time contributing largely to his own health of soul and body.”

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What 73 – Mothers Character

The character and feelings of a pregnant mother influences the character of the child.

Page 88.1 – “the feelings and immediate character of his mother during the period of her pregnancy (must be pleasant)”

Comment – The mother’s character can influence her offspring’s character from genetics, or post birth influences, but this does not relate to her character during pregnancy.

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Why 117 – Mothers Character 1 (What 73)

The mother passes her character to the unborn child during the pregnancy.

Page 88.1 – “in the same way, previously to birth, children are affected in their disposition. A child, after birth, and more or less through life, will give a living illustration of the feelings and immediate character of his mother during the period of her pregnancy.”

Page 88.2 – “If a mother, during that period, especially the later part of it, (pregnancy), indulge a gloomy, evil-foreboding sate of mind, ..... If she indulges a peevish, or fretful, or crying disposition, her child will give he ample testimony to the fact after birth.”

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Why 118 – Mothers Character 2 (What 73)

An emotional shock during pregnancy can produce physical deformity in her offspring. Page 162.2 – “(a fright at six months pregnancy caused a deformed baby) proof of the great sympathy between the maternal reproductive system and the maternal mind.”

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