Rational hydrotherapy : a manual of the physiological and therapeutic effects of hydriatic procedures, and the technique of their application in the treatment of disease . Fig. 36. PERCUSSION DOUCHE (p. 454)-. THE TECHNigUE OF HYDROTHERAPY. 465 especially useful in cases in which the skin is very inactive,or is relaxed, as indicated hyprofuse and freguoit renders valuable service in the sweatings which are charac-teristic of the climacteric period, and which are frequentlyencountered in neurasthenic cases, both men and employed for this purpose, the hot application sho
Rational hydrotherapy : a manual of the physiological and therapeutic effects of hydriatic procedures, and the technique of their application in the treatment of disease . Fig. 36. PERCUSSION DOUCHE (p. 454)-. THE TECHNigUE OF HYDROTHERAPY. 465 especially useful in cases in which the skin is very inactive,or is relaxed, as indicated hyprofuse and freguoit renders valuable service in the sweatings which are charac-teristic of the climacteric period, and which are frequentlyencountered in neurasthenic cases, both men and employed for this purpose, the hot application shouldbe at as high a temperature as can be borne (i 15° to 125°),duration, i to 2 minutes; and the cold application should beshort (2 to 6 sees.), and of as cold water as is obtainable —from 55° to 65° if possible. Patients generally require con-siderable training to enable them to tolerate with benefit thelowest temperature mentioned. The Scotch douche is one of the best of all means ofenergizing relaxed or paralyzed muscles. Short and very hotapplications are powerfully restorative in cases of muscularfatigue, while cold applications increase muscular irritabilityand contractile power. By a combi
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