The principles and practice of hydrotherapy : a guide to the application of water in disease for students and practitioners of medicine . rature and pressure, by changing the aper-ture of the nozzles, by increasing the number and form of the streams,as in the spray and fan douche and rain bath, the mechanical effectmay be as materially modified as the thermic effect may be by in-creasing or reducing the temperature of the water. The experimentsof Maggiora and Vinay* show clearly that hydriatic procedures exerta very considerable influence upon the muscular system by reason oftheir thermic and
The principles and practice of hydrotherapy : a guide to the application of water in disease for students and practitioners of medicine . rature and pressure, by changing the aper-ture of the nozzles, by increasing the number and form of the streams,as in the spray and fan douche and rain bath, the mechanical effectmay be as materially modified as the thermic effect may be by in-creasing or reducing the temperature of the water. The experimentsof Maggiora and Vinay* show clearly that hydriatic procedures exerta very considerable influence upon the muscular system by reason oftheir thermic and mechanical effects; that cold chiefly produces anenhancement of muscular power; that warm applications diminish thelatter if they are not combined with mechanical irritation. A raindouche of 50° F., under a pressure of two atmospheres, increases three-fold the sum of work the muscles are capable of doing. The Scotch* Detailed jd Blatter fur klinische Hydrotherapie, January, 1892. THE DOUCHE. 213 douche, oscillating between 98° and 53°, doubles the capacity of themuscles. Even douches of tepid water enhance the power of resisting.
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