The principles and practice of hydrotherapy : a guide to the application of water in disease for students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 47 THE WARM FULL BATH. 207 In the case of the foot bath, when it is found uncomfortable to pro-ject the foot from the side of the bed, the portion of the bed upon whichthe body reposes is elevated by mattresses, and the bath is placed onthe uncovered foot of the bedstead. The water should be kept at such a temperature as to feel warm tothe hand of the attendant, and this is found to be about 95° F. Suffi-cient uniformity has been attained generally by c
The principles and practice of hydrotherapy : a guide to the application of water in disease for students and practitioners of medicine . Fig. 47 THE WARM FULL BATH. 207 In the case of the foot bath, when it is found uncomfortable to pro-ject the foot from the side of the bed, the portion of the bed upon whichthe body reposes is elevated by mattresses, and the bath is placed onthe uncovered foot of the bedstead. The water should be kept at such a temperature as to feel warm tothe hand of the attendant, and this is found to be about 95° F. Suffi-cient uniformity has been attained generally by changing the waterthree times daily. Antiseptics may be added to these baths and thus prevent theoccurrence of sepsis, which is so frequent in lacerated wounds. Therapeutic Indication—Erysipelas.—Dr. Achilles Rose relates*cases of erysipelas treated by the continuous warm bath, showing the. Fig. 4a powerful effect of the warm bath on this infectious inflammation, howthe temperature was thereby promptly reduced, and how the wholecourse of the disease at once changed for the better. Poli/arthritis.—Hueter recommends in polyarthritis synovialis acuta(rheumatismus articulorum acutus), after the acute stage has passed,and also in polypanarthritis (arthritis deformans), therapeutics whichaid absorption and excite circulation, and praises as the best means tothis end permanent warm baths, either for arm or leg, in tubs of propersize and shape, or general baths, as the case may require. He statesthat this therapeutic measure in polyarthritis synovialis chronica, aswell as in polypanarthritis, has not been surpassed by any other methodof treatment. Recent Wounds.—When secondary hemorrhage is at all liable tooccur, the limb is dressed, according to Dr. Hamilton, for a fewhours with either warm or cold fomentations, and is left reposingin bed; but neither sutures, adhesive plas
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