. Rational therapy . nstruments for carrying temperature havebeen devised, of which the rubber bag is the most simple. Itmay be filled with crushed ice, ice water or hot water, to suit thepurpose, and may be applied to any portion of the body, the head,chest, abdomen, back, feet and, if of oval form, to the neck. Poultices of linseed, slippery elm, etc., are still frequentlyused. They keep the temperature better than hot, moist applica-tion and pigmentation and irritation of the skin may be pre-vented by anointing it freely with borated vaseline before usingthe poultice, A china plate heated i
. Rational therapy . nstruments for carrying temperature havebeen devised, of which the rubber bag is the most simple. Itmay be filled with crushed ice, ice water or hot water, to suit thepurpose, and may be applied to any portion of the body, the head,chest, abdomen, back, feet and, if of oval form, to the neck. Poultices of linseed, slippery elm, etc., are still frequentlyused. They keep the temperature better than hot, moist applica-tion and pigmentation and irritation of the skin may be pre-vented by anointing it freely with borated vaseline before usingthe poultice, A china plate heated in boiling water, wrapped inflannel and applied to the abdomen, serves the purpose well, andan ice poultice may be made by thickly covering a napkin withalternating layers of linseed flour and crushed ice and then fold-ing the napkin. Such a poultice is easily adapted to any portionof the body, especially to neck and head, has a less chilling eflfectthan the icebag, and it takes a considerable time for the ice
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