The principles and practice of hydrotherapy : a guide to the application of water in disease for students and practitioners of medicine . s side with the right arm () the patient is directed to turn and thus envelop himself in thewet sheet (Fig. 24). When the entire body is thus covered, the upperborder of the sheet is tucked in around the neck and the lower borderis wrapped around the legs. The attendant now makes rapid passesover the sheet up and down the back, sides, and lower extremitieswith the outstretched hand (Fig. 25), occasionally slapping the surfaceto increase mechanical irri
The principles and practice of hydrotherapy : a guide to the application of water in disease for students and practitioners of medicine . s side with the right arm () the patient is directed to turn and thus envelop himself in thewet sheet (Fig. 24). When the entire body is thus covered, the upperborder of the sheet is tucked in around the neck and the lower borderis wrapped around the legs. The attendant now makes rapid passesover the sheet up and down the back, sides, and lower extremitieswith the outstretched hand (Fig. 25), occasionally slapping the surfaceto increase mechanical irritation. A basin of water from ten to fifteen THE PRACTICE OF HYDROTHERAPY. 97 degrees below the temperature of the sheet water is poured over thehead and shoulders two or three times at short intervals. This isalternated with frictions for from five to ten minutes. The sheet isnow rapidly withdrawn. In most cases, especially after the treat-ment has been pursued for some time, the skin becomes decidedlyhyperaemic. The patient now steps upon a woollen rug or blanket,and is thoroughly dried with soft linen towels. This is followed by. Fig. 34.—Drip Sheet. Patient turning. friction with a warm sheet or towel, which increases the cutaneous suf-fusion. The patient emerges from this bath, during the first few days,somewhat fatigued but refreshed. If the fatigue is decided, the pro-cedure should be shortened until the patient evinces more resistingand reactive capacity. Usually he is able to walk out, which is agreat advantage. In good weather a gentle promenade after the treat-ment is a sine qua non, because the respiration is deepened and moreoxygen may thus be made to enter the lungs. The rationale of the drip sheet may be explained upon the sameprinciples which govern other similar procedures. As the wet sheet7 98 THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF HYDROTHERAPY. envelops the entire surface of the body, the thermic irritation is morepronounced than it is from an ablution. It stimulat
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