Rational hydrotherapy : a manual of the physiological and therapeutic effects of hydriatic procedures, and the technique of their application in the treatment of disease . THE TECHNIQUE OF HYDROTHERAPY. 865 hence care must be taken to avoid this application in cases inwhich there is grave organic disease of the heart, especiallywhen cardiac weakness is marked. THE THROAT COHPRESS. In this compress it is desirable to bring under the influ- 1381ence of the application the skin covering the lower jaw fromthe chin backward, the sides of the face from the angle ofthe jaw to the ear, and the sides a
Rational hydrotherapy : a manual of the physiological and therapeutic effects of hydriatic procedures, and the technique of their application in the treatment of disease . THE TECHNIQUE OF HYDROTHERAPY. 865 hence care must be taken to avoid this application in cases inwhich there is grave organic disease of the heart, especiallywhen cardiac weakness is marked. THE THROAT COHPRESS. In this compress it is desirable to bring under the influ- 1381ence of the application the skin covering the lower jaw fromthe chin backward, the sides of the face from the angle ofthe jaw to the ear, and the sides and back of the neck. Thecompress wound about the neck is of very little use for theordinary sore throat in which the fauces and perhaps the ton-sils are involved. The compress is prepared as follows: For the wet com-press, fold a piece of cheese-cloth to four or six thicknesses,four inches in width, and length sufficient to reach one andone-half times around the neck. For the fiannel covering,provide a piece of soft blanket flannel eight inches wide andlong enough to reach around the head and beneath the chinand overlap an inch. Fold the flannel crosswise, and spli
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