Reclaiming the maimed; a handbook of physical therapy . nately by a lateral sweep of the nozzle up and down the plan is also used in the local contrast baths of RobertJones for exercising the circulation of an arm or leg. Theshower is a gentler form of this treatment in which the RECLAIMING THE MAIMED 49 massage of the water jet is absent, but the same rules applyto it as to the douche. Immersion Baths. — Immersion baths are given at threetemperatures, below, at, and above the skin bath at 94 degrees, skin temperature, is soothing incharacter, a good sedative. Its gr
Reclaiming the maimed; a handbook of physical therapy . nately by a lateral sweep of the nozzle up and down the plan is also used in the local contrast baths of RobertJones for exercising the circulation of an arm or leg. Theshower is a gentler form of this treatment in which the RECLAIMING THE MAIMED 49 massage of the water jet is absent, but the same rules applyto it as to the douche. Immersion Baths. — Immersion baths are given at threetemperatures, below, at, and above the skin bath at 94 degrees, skin temperature, is soothing incharacter, a good sedative. Its greatest use is in decreasing. Fig. 38. —The pool bath at Heaton Park. Capacity twelvemen. Temperature of the water 94°. nervous irritability, in whatever form it may be, and in sooth-ing a disordered heart. After one hours immersion thepatient should be wrapped up and allowed to rest for anotherhour. The relief from the constant and insidious irritationof clothing and movement, and the support of a medium ofabout the same specific gravity as the body, doubtless ac-counts for much of the benefit. The hot bath (98 to no degrees) dilates the peripheralvessels and increases the frequency of the pulse. Its merit 50 RECLAIMING THE MAIMED is founded on its stimulant effect on the circulation. Theblood is drawn out to the surface, which becomes red andwarm. The effect is somewhat the same as the cabinet bath,without the perspiration, and it is of special use in the treat-ment of fatigue and also in chronic conditions in which thegeneral circulation is sluggish. The immersion should bevery brief, not more than five or t
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