Washing with cold water was often felt to be healthier than warm, on the notion that warm water would 'bring the blood to the surface' of the skin and cause it to cool excessively upon one's emerging from the tub. It was advised that a person fresh from a warm bath "must not expose himself to draughts, neither ought he to wash himself in cold water, nor should he, immediately after taking one, drink cold water."
However, women were advised against soaking in cold baths, as it would prove too much of a shock to their system. Sea water was an exception to this because it had "other stimulating properties."
"A cold bath has a temperature of from 33 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit, a temperate bath from 75 to 85 degrees ; a tepid bath rises to 85 or 92 while a warm one reaches from 92 to 98. At 98 a bath is hot, but it may sometimes be raised as high as 112, under direction."
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