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I am sorry you recover so slowly, it is of consequence
to get more strength before Winter. For this purpose, ride
as often as the weather permits & as much as you can bear with
fatigue. In your present state walking will heat & fatigue, &
therefore expose you to take cold. - use it therefore with
caution. -

Besides riding you may receive the most benefit from cold
bathing; but it requires managemt - -The temper of the River is
precarious, & the going to bathe will be attended with hazard.

Begin therefore with cold washing within doors. Take from
a Well or Spring, not from the River 3 lbs of cold water
add to this just before using it 1 lb of boiling water & with
this wash your body all over, throwing it by small basons
fulls first upon her head & shoulders & [worrying?] it from
thence with a Spunge or towel over the rest of the body. -
while you sit in a tub to receive the [slop?]. ---

This operation for the first & second. but for the third day
keep back half a Muchkin of the hot water, & so on every
other day, till you come in the course of a fortnight - to take
the water cold - or if you please to proceed by measure, as above
directed I will answer for {illeg} being safe & usefull - Wash
gradually, & quickly after be rubbed dry, smart rubbing with
coarse Towels will do no harm -- During the above course
avoid cold, & the most effectual means for this is, by having
flannel or worsted near your skin. ---