The principles and practice of hydrotherapy : a guide to the application of water in disease for students and practitioners of medicine . Fig 15 Fig 16 Fig. 17 Figs 15, 16, and of Gradually Cooled Bath upon theFatigue Curve Fig 15, uormal curve, Fig. 16, after activework, Fig 17 after active work and bath RATIONALE OF THE ACTION OF WATER IN HEALTH. 67 the muscles; they also restore the latter when it has been used up byexercise or labor. The effect of hydriatic procedures upon muscles which have beenfatigued is well brought out by later experiments of Vinaj and Mag-giora. * Their di
The principles and practice of hydrotherapy : a guide to the application of water in disease for students and practitioners of medicine . Fig 15 Fig 16 Fig. 17 Figs 15, 16, and of Gradually Cooled Bath upon theFatigue Curve Fig 15, uormal curve, Fig. 16, after activework, Fig 17 after active work and bath RATIONALE OF THE ACTION OF WATER IN HEALTH. 67 the muscles; they also restore the latter when it has been used up byexercise or labor. The effect of hydriatic procedures upon muscles which have beenfatigued is well brought out by later experiments of Vinaj and Mag-giora. * Their diagram shows the effect of a general cold bath upon theflexor muscles of the right middle finger with a weight of four kilo-grams and a rhythm of two seconds similar to Figs. 15, 16, 17, anddemonstrates that the effect of fatigue is entirely removed by thecold bath. The effect of rubbing with a cold sheet, upon the capacity of workof a muscle which has been fatigued, is graphically shown in the sub-joined diagram by Vinaj and Maggiora (Figs. 18, 19, 20).. Curve. ue Fig. 19.—AfterLabor. Fig. 20.—After WetSheet. This diagram shows not only a removal of the fatigue but theestablishment of a muscular capacity superior to that shown by thediagram representing the normal fatigue curve. Influence of Hydriatic Procedures upon Tissue Change. The influence of hydriatic procedures upon the circulation, respira-tion, and temperature has been fully detailed. It has been shown thatthe effect of these procedures is far reaching; that not only the quan-tity of blood but its composition also in various organs and parts ofthe body are controlled and that muscular activity is enhanced. Sincefunctional activity is the chief agency in producing tissue change, andthis functional activity depends upon the blood supply in the organs, * Blatter fur klinische Hydrotherapie, July, 1893. 68 THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF HYDROTHERAPY. we may by influencing the latter readily exercise a powerful effectu
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