Cooley's cyclopaedia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades including medicine, pharmacy, hygiene, and domestic economy : designed as a comprehensive supplement to the Pharmacopoeia and general book of reference for the manufacturer, tradesman, amateur, and heads of families . Vapoeaeium*, L. ; Bain dbvapeues, Fr. The vapour of hot water, eitherpure or medicated. The simplest form of vapour bath is, per-haps, produced by placing some wet cloths, orsprinkling a little water on two or three heatedbricks, laid under a chair on which the
Cooley's cyclopaedia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades including medicine, pharmacy, hygiene, and domestic economy : designed as a comprehensive supplement to the Pharmacopoeia and general book of reference for the manufacturer, tradesman, amateur, and heads of families . Vapoeaeium*, L. ; Bain dbvapeues, Fr. The vapour of hot water, eitherpure or medicated. The simplest form of vapour bath is, per-haps, produced by placing some wet cloths, orsprinkling a little water on two or three heatedbricks, laid under a chair on which the pa-tient is seated; both the patient and wholeapparatus being covered with a sheet orblanket, or, better stiU, a spacious waterproofcloak, to keep in the heated vapour. A largelump of quick-lime, set in a pan or an old ironpot and sprinkled with a little water, or elsewrapped up in a thick coarse towel which hasbeen previously soaked in water, may be sub-stituted for the hot bricks; and often advan-tageously so. The slaking of the lime andthe consequent evolution of vapour may bekept up or renewed, when necessary, by sprink-ling on a little more water. This forms thePOOR mans vapour bath of the Serres has suggested, as something appa-rently original, that a lump of quick-lime,wrapped in a wet cloth and covered with a. dry one, be placed on each side of the patient;^ I In bed (!), says the Dr; but surely one who couldouly afford such ;v bath would fmd it difficult to obtaiu airesh, dry bed; whilst it would be equally improper forhim to lie iu a wet or damp one. and the whole being covered up allowed toremain until copious perspiration is estab-lished. It must, however, be recollected thatby none of these minor contrivances can thetemperature of the vapour, and its supply, beregulated, as in a perfect bath, even a portableone, such as is shown in the engraving. The following are the temperatures, &c., ofthis bath:*—? Tepid vapour bathWarm „ „ Hot Temperature of V
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