It does neither the one nor the other; on the contrary, it prevents cold, and strengthens his sight; it cleanses his scalp, prevents scurf, and, by that means, causes a more beautiful bead of hair. The head, after each washing, ought, with a soft brush, to be well brushed, but should not be combed. The brushing causes a healthy circulation of the scalp; but combing the hair makes the head scurfy, and pulls out the hair by the roots. 119. _If the head, notwithstanding the washing, be scurfy, what should be done_? After the head has been well dried, let a little cocoa-nut oil be well rubbed, for five minutes each time, into the roots of the hair, and, afterwards, let the head be well brushed, but not combed. The fine-tooth comb will cause a greater accumulation of scurf, and will scratch and injure the scalp. 120. _Do you recommend a child to be washed_ IN HIS TUB _every night and morning_? No; once a day is quite sufficient; in the morning in preference to the evening; unless he be poorly, then, evening instead of morning; as, immediately after he has been washed and dried, he can be put to bed. 121. _Ought a child to be placed in his tub whilst he is in a state of perspiration_? Not whilst he is perspiring _violently,_ or the perspiration might he checked suddenly, and ill consequences would ensue; _nor ought he to be put in his tub when he is cold,_ or his blood would be chilled, and would be sent from the skin to some internal vital part, and thus would be likely to light up inflammation--probably of the lungs. His skin, when he is placed in his bath, ought to be moderately and comfortably warm; neither too hot nor too cold. 122. _When the child is a year old, do you recommend cold or warm water to be used_? If it be winter, a little warm water ought to be added, so as to raise the temperature to that of new milk. As the summer advances, less and less warm water is required, so that, at length, none is needed. 123. _If a child be delicate, do you recommend anything to be added to the water which may tend to brace and strengthen him_? Either a handful of table-salt, or half a handful of bay-salt, or of Tidman's sea-salt, should be previously dissolved in a quart jug of _cold_ water; then, just before taking the child out of his morning bath, let the above be poured over and down the back and loins of the child--holding the jug, while pouring its contents on the back, a foot distant from the child, in order that it might act as a kind of douche bath. 124. _Do you recommend the child, after he has been dried with the towel, to be rubbed with the hand_? I do; as friction encourages the cutaneous circulation, and causes the skin to perform its functions properly, thus preventing the perspiration (which is one of the impurities of the body) from being sent inwardly either to the lungs or to other parts. The back, the chest, the bowels, and the limbs are the parts that ought to be well rubbed. CLOTHING