The principles and practice of hydrotherapy : a guide to the application of water in disease for students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 57. IRRIGATION. 249 same time drawing the pendulous portion in line with the fixed bag is filled with water, at a temperature of 115°, to insure morethan blood warmth as it flows, and is made bland by the addition of alittle glycerin, mucilage, a few grains of salt or sodium carbonate, andelevated two or three feet above the plane of the pelvis. The patient must assume a reclining position—a reversed squat-ting posture—since flexure and grav
The principles and practice of hydrotherapy : a guide to the application of water in disease for students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 57. IRRIGATION. 249 same time drawing the pendulous portion in line with the fixed bag is filled with water, at a temperature of 115°, to insure morethan blood warmth as it flows, and is made bland by the addition of alittle glycerin, mucilage, a few grains of salt or sodium carbonate, andelevated two or three feet above the plane of the pelvis. The patient must assume a reclining position—a reversed squat-ting posture—since flexure and gravity are essential factors (Fig. 58). He may do this in an ordinary bathtub by resting his back alongthe incline at its head, so that the trunk is at an angle of forty-fivedegrees from the horizontal line, flexing the thighs at right angles withthe body and supporting the legs at right angles with the thighs. Ifthere is no bathtub at hand, a hip bath may be arranged for this pur-. Fig. 58. pose, or the patient may posture himself in a low rocking chair, tiltedand blocked (Fig. 58) so that his body assumes the position described,his legs resting upon another chair or upon a stand. The nozzle of the irrigator is then introduced, the penis grasped anddrawn in line with the fixed urethra, the stop opened, and the water al-lowed to run, if necessary until the bag is empty; if it has not passedinto the bladder, try again. A peculiar feeling gives warning of thepassing of the water through the posterior urethra; the return flowdiminishes and escapes in a pulsating stream, when a finger of theright hand is placed over the exit to divert the entire flow into thebladder, which at first resents the intrusion and ejects the water after 250 THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF HYDROTHERAPY. receiving two or three ounces. Kepeat this and the bladder becomesmore tolerant each time. Three or four flushings are sufficient at eachseance, and the seances may be repeated three times dai
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