The Water-cure journal, and herald of reforms, devoted to physiology, hydropathy and the laws of life . * Abridged from the Hydkopathic Family Physician. various kinds. Those who have weak lungs,stomach, or other abdominal organs, should notresort to the douche without the best of medicaladvice. Fig. 2. The Douche Bath.—This is the most powerful,but not the most useful, of all the hydropathicappliances. A common douche consists of astream of water from one to two inches in diam-eter, with a fall of ten, fifteen or twenty douches may be arranged of any desirablesize and height. (See fi
The Water-cure journal, and herald of reforms, devoted to physiology, hydropathy and the laws of life . * Abridged from the Hydkopathic Family Physician. various kinds. Those who have weak lungs,stomach, or other abdominal organs, should notresort to the douche without the best of medicaladvice. Fig. 2. The Douche Bath.—This is the most powerful,but not the most useful, of all the hydropathicappliances. A common douche consists of astream of water from one to two inches in diam-eter, with a fall of ten, fifteen or twenty douches may be arranged of any desirablesize and height. (See fig. 1.) This remedy is useful in paralysis, stiff joints,gout, rheumatism, tumors, and old swellings of. Shower Bath.—This also is one of the morepowerful of the hydropathic appliances, andneeds judgment in its use. It consists, in fact,of a vast number of small streams or douches,and hence is a powerful refrigerant as well asexcitant to the system. It should never be takenupon the head, especially if the water haveany considerable force, or fall from any consid-erable height,/or the reason that the head shouldnever be subjected to mechanical force. It is usefulin some cases to commence by taking this bathonly upon the limbs. (See fig. 2.) Fig. 3.
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