THOUGHTS ON BATHING (CLASSIC REPRINT)

Excerpt from Thoughts on BathingThat water is indeed pretty freely used, in cooking, washing, and irrigation, is freely admitted, That a con siderable quantity of it is also used in the various mix tures among us, called drinks, is equally undeniable. It is indeed true that for the latter purpose, it is seldom used in its pristine condition - natures own state. Thus what we call tea, coffee, chocolate, beer, cider, and even distilled liquors, - though for the most part chiefly water, and some of them nearly all such - are all of them more or less im pine and unwholesome, having more or less foreign or poisonous substances infused or mixed with them. Still, in some point or other, this elementary substance is much used, and if wholly withheld by Heaven but for a single week, would prove the destruction of thousands and mil lions of our race.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works._,