English: The Angel Mother, by William Herman Rau, 1903

English: The Angel Mother: "In the coming of baby life mother life is often sacrificed. Yet mother love still hovers around the baby's couch coming from the unseen world to smooth the pillow and to protect her darling"

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Title: ... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Solis-Cohen, Myer
Subjects: Women Child care
Publisher: Philadelphia, Chicago (etc.) The J.C. Winston co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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nowledgeas to how one catches cold. When cold strikes the skin theblood vessels in the skin contract and send the blood to theinternal organs. If the excess of blood remains in the in-ternal organs for too long a time, a condition develops whichwe speak of as cold, characterized by inflammation of thenose, throat, or bronchial tubes, and recognized by a coldin the head, sore throat, or cough. The Action of the Cold Bath.—The object of the coldbath is to train the skin to become warm again after havingbeen acted upon by cold. As stated before, when the cold water comes in con-tact with the skin, the blood vessels of the skin contract.Later, the time depending upon the reactive ability of theindividual, these same blood vessels dilate and thus allowthe circulation in the skin of a greater quantity of blood thanbefore. This is called the reaction, which consists in therestoration to the skin of the heat that has been abstracted.It is the most important element in all cold applications.
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Copyright, 1903, by William H. Rau. THE ANGEL MOTHER. In the coming of baby life mother life is often sacrificed. Yetmother love still hovers around the babys couch coming from theunseen world to smooth the pillow and to protect her darling. BATHING AS A MEANS TO HEALTH 37 The benefit of the cold bath does not come from the chillthat the cold water produces, but from this reaction or glowor feeling of warmth that follows the bath. How to Promote the Reaction.—In a person not ac-customed to cold bathing a brisk rubbing for several minutesafter the bath is usually required to produce this reaction.As one becomes accustomed to the cold bath, however, thereaction occurs more and more quickly, requiring less andless rubbing, until finally it may occur as soon as the coldwater strikes the body. The reaction is promoted or in-creased by the supplying of heat to the body before the bathby means of a hot tub or sponge bath or by a brisk rub, byactive exercise during or after the bath, and by

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