The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . ARM-BATH IN WHITLOW. occurs in the subcutaneous areolar tissue, or between the skin and epi-dermis. Similar inflammations are sometimes found about the palmsof the hands and soles ot the feet. The severe and lancinating pain of paronychial tumors arises fromthe firmness and inelasticity of the skin and other structures where it itseated, wnich act upon the inflamed vessels like a tight bandage, pro-ducing a most distressing sense of pressure ; add hence it is that whenihe skin opens the soft parts below are pushed out
The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . ARM-BATH IN WHITLOW. occurs in the subcutaneous areolar tissue, or between the skin and epi-dermis. Similar inflammations are sometimes found about the palmsof the hands and soles ot the feet. The severe and lancinating pain of paronychial tumors arises fromthe firmness and inelasticity of the skin and other structures where it itseated, wnich act upon the inflamed vessels like a tight bandage, pro-ducing a most distressing sense of pressure ; add hence it is that whenihe skin opens the soft parts below are pushed out iiKe a fungus, andbecome exquisitely tender. —On its first appearance this affection may generallyFig. Kg. he promptly cureii by immersing the whole arm in very cold water,The arm-bath, fig. 198, should befrequent and prolonged. Whendiscoloration of the skin indicatesapproaching suppuration, tepid,or even warm water to the in-flamed part, with the cold elbow-bath, will prove the most soothingtreatment. In the felonious variety it will save the patient much t
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