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. 64 (a). JAPANESE BATH TUBCONTAINING HEATINGOVEN (p. 541)- Fig. 64 (b). JAPANESE BATH TUBWITH EXTERNAL HEATINGCHAMBER (p. 541).. Fig. 65. BATHING AT LEUKERBAD, SWITZERLAND (p. 552). THE TECHNIQUE OF HYDROTHERAPY. 545 as seems to be indicated. In cases in which the temperatureis very high, the child may be placed in the bath up to theepigastrium while cold water is poured over the upper partof the body. The hot immersion
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. 64 (a). JAPANESE BATH TUBCONTAINING HEATINGOVEN (p. 541)- Fig. 64 (b). JAPANESE BATH TUBWITH EXTERNAL HEATINGCHAMBER (p. 541).. Fig. 65. BATHING AT LEUKERBAD, SWITZERLAND (p. 552). THE TECHNIQUE OF HYDROTHERAPY. 545 as seems to be indicated. In cases in which the temperatureis very high, the child may be placed in the bath up to theepigastrium while cold water is poured over the upper partof the body. The hot immersion bath has proved itself a very valuablemeasure of treatment in cerebrospinal meningitis. The tem-perature should be 103° or 104°; duration from 10 to 15minutes, the application to be repeated every three or fourhours. The head should be protected by a compress satu-rated with ice-water, which should be frequently renewed,or by cold irrigation or a cold coil. In amenorrhea or in suppressed menstruation this bathshould be administered at 101° to 105°; duration half anhour or more, at the time menstruation is due. It may berepeated twice a day for two or three days in is no more effective measure for dysmenorrhea withscanty flow, a temperature of 102° to 112° being employedfor
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