The Schott methods of the treatment of chronic diseases of the heart : with an account of the Nauheim baths, and of the therapeutic exercises . in an invalid chair orpony-chaise. After the exercises on the twenty-firstday of treatment he trotted about a hundred andtwenty yards and then walked fifty. Before doing sothe pulse was 66. and the respirations were 20; after-wards they were respectively 86 and 19. He expe-rienced no fatigue, and showed no signs of the conclusion of a course extending over twenty-eight days he trotted two hundred yards. Beforedoing so the pulse was 66, and
The Schott methods of the treatment of chronic diseases of the heart : with an account of the Nauheim baths, and of the therapeutic exercises . in an invalid chair orpony-chaise. After the exercises on the twenty-firstday of treatment he trotted about a hundred andtwenty yards and then walked fifty. Before doing sothe pulse was 66. and the respirations were 20; after-wards they were respectively 86 and 19. He expe-rienced no fatigue, and showed no signs of the conclusion of a course extending over twenty-eight days he trotted two hundred yards. Beforedoing so the pulse was 66, and the respirationswere 16; afterwards they were 80 and 18 respec-tively. He was, at that time, taking walks of one andtwo hours duration without fatigue, and, generally,leading an active life, though debarred from runningmore than a few paces, and from joining in out-doorgames. The areas of dulness before, and at theconclusion of, the treatment were verified by , who also noted a much diminished apeximpulse and complete absence of thrill and epigastricpulsation. The bruit had diminished, but was stillwell marked. DIAGRAM I. o A A. 65- IN. A A and A A .areas of cardiac dulness before and after first exercises. A X and A x, apex beats before and after. BB, area of cardiac dulness on completion of course twenty-eight days x, apex beat. and and left S, mid-sternal line. To face page 71. CHRONIC DISEASES OF THE HEART. 75 J.—I am enabled, by the courtesy of Sir PhilipC. Smyly, to quote in extenso the following case fromhis article already alluded to :—* Miss X., get. seventeen, had been ailing for sometime. Oct. 20th, 1893.—She had an attack of faintnessand swelling of the feet and ankles. Feb. 24th, 1894.—She came under my care. Shewas very low and weak; anaemic; hands and feetoedematous and very blue; general anasarca; asciteswell marked, and fluid in both pleurae. The area ofthe heart dulness was well defined to the right sideof the
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