. I. 5. 1. who
says, that those who are confined some time in an atmosphere of 120 or 130
degrees of heat, do not feel cold or look pale on coming into a temperature
of 30 or 40 degrees; which would produce great paleness and sensation of
coldness in those, who had been some time confined in an atmosphere of only
86 or 90 degrees of heat. Treatise on Simple Fever, p. 168.

Hence heat, where it can be confined on a torpid part along with moisture,
as on a scrophulous tumour, will contribute to produce suppuration or
resolution. This is done by applying a warm poultice, which should be
frequently repeated; or a plaster of resin, wax, or fat; or by covering the
part with oiled silk; both which last prevent the perspirable matter from
escaping as well as the heat of the part, as these substances repel
moisture, and are bad conductors of heat. Another great use of the stimulus
of heat is by applying it to torpid ulcers, which are generally termed
scrophulous or scorbutic, and are much easier inclined to heal, when
covered with several folds of flannel.

Mr. ---- had for many months been afflicted with an ulcer in perinaeo,
which communicated with the urethra, through which a part of his urine was
daily evacuated with considerable pain; and was reduced to a great degree
of debility. He used a hot-bath of 96 or 98 degrees of heat every day for
half an hour during about six months. By this agreeable stimulus repeated
thus at uniform times not only the ulcer healed, contrary to the
expectation of his friends, but he acquired greater health and strength,
than he had for some years previously experienced.

Mrs. ---- was affected with transient pains, which were called nervous
spasms, and with great fear of diseases, which she did not labour under,
with cold extremities, and general debility. She used a hot-bath every
other day of 96 degrees of heat for about four months, and recovered a good
state of health, with greater strength and courage, than she had possessed
for many months before.

Mr. Z. a gentleman about 65 years of age, who had lived rather
intemperately in respect to vinous potation, and had for many years had
annual visits of the gout, which now became irregular, and he appeared to
be losing his strength, and beginning to feel the effects of age. He used a
bath, as hot as was agreeable to his sensations, twice a week for about a
year and half, and greatly recovered his health and strength with less
frequent and les