Psychrolousia: or, the history of cold-bathing, both in ancient and modern : In two parts . Tlie The Anticluity of theReligious and MedicinalImmersions. PART LETTER I. To the Learned Phyjician^ DoEiorWilliam Gibbons. SIR, Defi2:n, in this Letter, to re-preient to you the great Anti-quity of Cold Bathing; whichI ftiall evidently prove, by re-flecting on the ancient Luftra-tion begun by the Patriarchs,and afterwards imitated by the Egyptians^yews, Greeks, Romans, and almoft all Man-kind, which both Sacred and Profane Hi-llories Efficiently teftify. If the religiousLuftrations came from Revel
Psychrolousia: or, the history of cold-bathing, both in ancient and modern : In two parts . Tlie The Anticluity of theReligious and MedicinalImmersions. PART LETTER I. To the Learned Phyjician^ DoEiorWilliam Gibbons. SIR, Defi2:n, in this Letter, to re-preient to you the great Anti-quity of Cold Bathing; whichI ftiall evidently prove, by re-flecting on the ancient Luftra-tion begun by the Patriarchs,and afterwards imitated by the Egyptians^yews, Greeks, Romans, and almoft all Man-kind, which both Sacred and Profane Hi-llories Efficiently teftify. If the religiousLuftrations came from Revelation, a fhortUfe of them would fufficiently difcover theEffeds of cold Water upon Immerfion,which evidently invigorates the Adionsboth of Body and Mind, and renders bothmore fedate and calm, and therefore wellprepared for Devotion; but tis moft pro-B 4 bable. 2 Of Cold Baths. Part I. bable, that the Ceremonies of vvafliing inWater, was a Part of Natural ReHgion,invented by our rational Faculties, andgrounded on the Virtues of cold Immerfion,which might, by Ibme Accident, be thendifcovered ; the Ufe of Water being lb fre-quent, and the moft natural and ea
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