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    ing the beloved object . Here follows a case of the mischievous effect of severity of discipline , resolutely and dutifull y persevered in . Dec . —I have just heard that is ill with inflammation of the chest , owing to the person in whose care she is , having

    insis ted on her bathing in cold water . I saw what would happen a fortnight ago . In vain the poor child cried before the bath , and shivered after it . In vain did her purple cheeks , and numbed limbs , testify her sufferings , and the impropriety of the treatmentin vain did I remonstrate : the answer was , ' I want to make her

    hardy . ' A pretty way , truly , of making hardy , to destroy by overstraining the powers . I endeavoured to explain to the rationale of bathing . I told her the object was to cause the blood to withdraw from the inner organs and come to the skin ; that this was effected by the shock of cold water , which first sent the blood inwards with a force , the result of which was an immediate

    and great reaction ; but that if she went on shocking and shocking , she , of course , destroyed the power of reaction ; that as . shivered , and looked pale , this was what had been done to her ; for that if the bath had answered the intended purpose she would , on the contrary , look rosy , and feel an agreeable glow of warmth ; and I begged that she would have the bath heated to summer

    heat . I spoke in vain ; and the consequence is that poor is laid up , probably for the winter . She suffers , and will continue to suffer in body , and of how many faults will her weak and irritable state of body , be the cause . How many hours of ill humour and listlessness will she have , or how many positive enjoyments , physical and intellectual , will she be deprived of , by a stern , strict , mechanical , unintelligent , but well intended

    adherence to a fancied rule of right . How much have those to answer for who undertake to enforce any thing practical without understanding thoroughly the science of what they are about , and how deplorable is the ignorance of women in these matters , which , slight as they seem , have yet untold , unthought of , and even unknown influence upon the man . Little do we heed the dependence of the intellectual upon the physical , still less are we mindful that the physical being is formed in childhood .

    How rare it is to see children behave well at table . The over indulged are for ever teasing and importunate , and sick or sulky according as their wishes are granted or denied . The over restrained , on the other hand , covet the good things in greedy silence , or obtain them by stealth . I knew one family in which this matter was beautifully managed : at table no word was ever

    said on the subject of eating . No remark was ever made on the dishes . The children always fared like the rest of the company , and were perfectly unrestrained as to quantity . To my certain knowledge these children never passed the bounds of moderation

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    688 Memoranda of Observations

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1834, page 688, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2638/page/12/