. A text-book of practical therapeutics, with especial reference to the application of remedial measures to disease and their employment upon a rational basis . y choppedice, draining it of all water, and mixing it thoroughly with dry saw-dust in sufficient quantity to absorb all the water derived from the COLD AS A REMEDY. 473 ice as it melts. The mass is then basted into a quilt, so arranged thatall of the contents will not sag to the lower border, and wrapped aroundthe chest. With this plan it is difficult to avoid wetting the has also been highly recommended when used in pneu
. A text-book of practical therapeutics, with especial reference to the application of remedial measures to disease and their employment upon a rational basis . y choppedice, draining it of all water, and mixing it thoroughly with dry saw-dust in sufficient quantity to absorb all the water derived from the COLD AS A REMEDY. 473 ice as it melts. The mass is then basted into a quilt, so arranged thatall of the contents will not sag to the lower border, and wrapped aroundthe chest. With this plan it is difficult to avoid wetting the has also been highly recommended when used in pneumonia inanother manner, and by no less an authority than Niemeyer, whospeaks of it as follows: I have made extensive employment of cold in the treatment ofpneumonia, and, relying upon a large number of very favorable results,can recommend this procedure. In all cases I cover the chest ofthe patient, and the affected side in particular, with cloths whichhave been dipped in cold water and wrung out. The compressesmust be reapplied every five minutes. Unpleasant as this procedureis in almost all cases, yet even after a few hours the patients assure Fig. Showing the application of the cold-water coil to the chest in croupous pneumonia or to the left side, it may be so used in pericarditis in place of the ice-bag. By suction onthe lower end of the tubing a stream of water flows from one bucket to the other, and when thewater has been transferred the stream may be reversed by changing the level of the buckets. me that they feel a material relief. The pain, the dyspnoea, and oftenthe frequency of the pulse are reduced. Sometimes the temperaturegoes down an entire degree. My patients often retain this surpris-ing condition of improvement throughout the entire duration of theattack, so that their outward symptoms would hardly lead one toimagine the grave internal disorder. The relatives of the patient,too, who do not fail to perceive the improvement, now readily as
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