The Philadelphia Directory . and the tranquilstate of the mind and body, wfiich follovvs, is so exquisitely delightfulthat I think it quite impossible to recommend it too highly, if we con-sider it merely as a rational and elegant refinement. The manner inwhich the warm bath operates, he continues, in producing its salu-tary consequences, so/;ms very evident. The genial warmth which isso applied to the skin, in the place of the cold air of the atmosphere, bywhich we are commonly surrounded, expands all those very small ves-sels, where the extremities of the arteries and veins unite, and by gen
The Philadelphia Directory . and the tranquilstate of the mind and body, wfiich follovvs, is so exquisitely delightfulthat I think it quite impossible to recommend it too highly, if we con-sider it merely as a rational and elegant refinement. The manner inwhich the warm bath operates, he continues, in producing its salu-tary consequences, so/;ms very evident. The genial warmth which isso applied to the skin, in the place of the cold air of the atmosphere, bywhich we are commonly surrounded, expands all those very small ves-sels, where the extremities of the arteries and veins unite, and by gentlystimulating (he whf>ieframe, produces a free and full ciiculation, whichif continujd fnr a certain time, removes all obstructions in the vascularsystem, and piis all the organs into that state of regular, free and fullmotion, which is essential to health, pnd also to that delightful repose,accompanied by a consciousness of that power of exertion, which con-stitutes the highest animal enjoyment of which wc are PHILADELPHIA IVIIIP AN© CANE MANUFACTORY, No. 30 1J South Third Street, nearly opposite Congress Hall. The Subscribers have made such improvements in the Manufactureof the above articles, that they flatter themselves that they can sellmuch lower than any other establishment in the United States, and?will warrant their work equal to any Manufactured in the Country. ^ All Orders punctually attended to, and forwardedto any vart of the Union, BURGESS, 8c CO, JVetc; Japanning Establishment, s©e FRANCIS AND BROTHERS, Tin Plate and Sheet Iron Workers, Fancy and Orna-mental JapannerSf Sign Writers, Gilders, 8^c,NO. 143, NORTH THIRD STREET, Resvectfully inform the inhabitants of Philadelphia and the publicin general, that they have commenced manufacturing in the abovelines of business, wholesale and retail, and hope by strict attention andmoderate charges, to obtain a share of public patronage. T. & having served their apprenticeship at one of t
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