An American text-book of the diseases of children .. . ce free watery skin is also a vast eliminating organ, and the reciprocal relations existingbetween the skin and kidneys are well known to physiologists. The physicianshould take full advantage of this fact in the treatment of acute nephritis, and 986 AMERICAN TEXT-BOOK OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN. encourage copious as well as constant diaphoresis. For this purpose jaborandi,or its alkaloid pilocarpine, and the hot-air or vapor bath are both prompt,efficient, and certain. I have seen such excellent results from the use ofhot dry
An American text-book of the diseases of children .. . ce free watery skin is also a vast eliminating organ, and the reciprocal relations existingbetween the skin and kidneys are well known to physiologists. The physicianshould take full advantage of this fact in the treatment of acute nephritis, and 986 AMERICAN TEXT-BOOK OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN. encourage copious as well as constant diaphoresis. For this purpose jaborandi,or its alkaloid pilocarpine, and the hot-air or vapor bath are both prompt,efficient, and certain. I have seen such excellent results from the use ofhot dry air that I do not hesitate to urge its employment in every severecase of acute nephritis. My method is as follows : The patient, all but hishead, is placed in a tent (made by supporting the bed-clothes upon archesor semicircles of half-hoops or bent wire) and the bed-clothes are drawn closelyabout the neck, so as to exclude cold air and include hot air; the perforatedtin box (1) is then placed under the bed-clothes by the side of the patient Fig. Apparatus for the Administration of the Hot-air Bath. The top and inner side of the box are made of perforated tin. and about six inches away from him; a current of hot air from a spirit lamp(3)is now conducted into the perforated tin box (which acts as a registeror radiator ) through the tin pipe (2), as shown in the figure. The result isusually very copious diaphoresis, which may be maintained for many successivehours, or even days in cases of emergency. In one case which seemed well-nigh hopeless, the hot-air apparatus was kept in action almost constantly for tendays, and the patient made a perfect recovery. In some cases the hot dry airevokes sensations of faintness or smothering ; when this happens theheat should be increased very slowly, so as not to alarm or excite the and then a case will be encountered which will not bear dry heat at all,while moist heat will be tolerated with both comfort and benefit. A fewhe
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