A text-book of practical therapeutics . in wrapped in a dryblanket or, if the weather is warm, in a dry sheet. The mild counter- 598 REMEDIAL MEASURES OTHER THAN DRUGS irritant effect of this application draws the blood from the congestedlungs, and in the case of eruptive fevers, in which the eruption is notfully developed, it will frequently relieve nervous symptoms anddevelop a rash. If there is reason to believe that the childs skin isexceedingly sensitive, 5 minims () of the oil of mustard insteadof 10 minims () should be employed. Another wet pack, which speedily becomes a warm o
A text-book of practical therapeutics . in wrapped in a dryblanket or, if the weather is warm, in a dry sheet. The mild counter- 598 REMEDIAL MEASURES OTHER THAN DRUGS irritant effect of this application draws the blood from the congestedlungs, and in the case of eruptive fevers, in which the eruption is notfully developed, it will frequently relieve nervous symptoms anddevelop a rash. If there is reason to believe that the childs skin isexceedingly sensitive, 5 minims () of the oil of mustard insteadof 10 minims () should be employed. Another wet pack, which speedily becomes a warm one, is used incases in which, during the course of an eruptive fever, the eruption fadesand it is desired to bring it out on the surface. It is also useful in thosecases of severe chorea in which the child can withstand the first shockof the cold. It consists in wrapping the child in a cool wet sheetand over this wrapping one or two blankets. In a few minutes thesheet becomes heated by the body and the sweating which results Fig. 94.—The Newell hot-air apparatus. A valuable method for using moist heat in a mild form is thebronchitis tent. (See article on Bronchitis.) The use of a high degree of dry heat for the cure of inflammatorystates of the sheaths of the joints and muscles consists in the employ-ment of a double copper cylinder closed at one end, inside of whichis placed the limb which is affected. The limb is prevented fromcoming in contact with the cylinder by means of a board paddedwith asbestos and by putting pads of linen under the parts whichwould touch the asbestos. A thermometer is placed so that its bulbextends into the cylinder, and a few holes permit of the moderatecirculation of air. Bunsen burners or alcohol lamps are now lightedand placed under the cylinder, and the orifice through which thelimb enters it is closed by drawing around the limb an asbestos HYPODERMOCLYSIS 599 curtain. The temperature is allowed to rise to 200° to 300° F.,and the
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