The principles and practice of medicine, designed for the use of practitioners and students of medicine . //. Ward / JtltlitA n Tomp100 lOR 107 100 lOA 104 m iw 101 1001 09 «8 VI 96Tomp- PulseResp. Stools Urine Day :*;)?4A\:.jA**.^...;*Jl».*.ji^^ |6 1| 18 «l 19 I I I Chart V. baths and the influence on the fever during two days of treatment. Thegood etfoots of the baths are: (1) the reduction of the fever: (2) the in-tellect becomes clearer, the stu})or lessens, and the muscular twitchingsdisappear; (3) a general tonic action, particularly on the heart; (4) in-
The principles and practice of medicine, designed for the use of practitioners and students of medicine . //. Ward / JtltlitA n Tomp100 lOR 107 100 lOA 104 m iw 101 1001 09 «8 VI 96Tomp- PulseResp. Stools Urine Day :*;)?4A\:.jA**.^...;*Jl».*.ji^^ |6 1| 18 «l 19 I I I Chart V. baths and the influence on the fever during two days of treatment. Thegood etfoots of the baths are: (1) the reduction of the fever: (2) the in-tellect becomes clearer, the stu})or lessens, and the muscular twitchingsdisappear; (3) a general tonic action, particularly on the heart; (4) in-somnia is lessened, the patient usually falling asleep for two or three hoursafter each bath: and (5), most important of all, the mortality is, underthis plan of treatment, reduced to a minimum. This rigid method is not,however, without serious drawbacks, and personally I sympathize withthose who designate it as entirely barbarous. To transfer a patient froma warm bed to a tub at 70° Fahr., and to keep him there twenty minutesor longer in spite of his piteous entreaties, does seem harsh treatment; andthe subsequent shivering and blueness look distressing. A majority of ourpatients complain of it bitterly, and in pri
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