The Schott methods of the treatment of chronic diseases of the heart : with an account of the Nauheim baths, and of the therapeutic exercises . TMENT OF C, aged fifty, had presented symptoms of cardiacfailure for at least twenty years, and had been liablefor four years to accesses of partial syncope, associatedwith gastric distension and intense vertigo. Thetreatment by exercises commenced a few days afterrecovery from the last such attack. On the conclu-sion of the course, the patient summarised the changein her condition as follows : Before the treatmentmy sensations frequently forced upon m
The Schott methods of the treatment of chronic diseases of the heart : with an account of the Nauheim baths, and of the therapeutic exercises . TMENT OF C, aged fifty, had presented symptoms of cardiacfailure for at least twenty years, and had been liablefor four years to accesses of partial syncope, associatedwith gastric distension and intense vertigo. Thetreatment by exercises commenced a few days afterrecovery from the last such attack. On the conclu-sion of the course, the patient summarised the changein her condition as follows : Before the treatmentmy sensations frequently forced upon me the appre-hension of impending death, my digestion was bad,and every exertion of mind and body seemed to betoo tiring to be endured. Now I walk for at least anhour twice daily. I can eat and drink anything inreason, and I am a stranger to fatigue and depressionof spirits. Four months after the completion of thetreatment the improvement was more than patient had crossed a mountain pass at an altitudeof more than 7,000 feet, in a snowstorm, without thebreathing being affected, or experiencing any incon-venience. DIAGRAM A A and A1 A\ areas of dulness before and after exercises. (Pulsereduced from 84 to 76.) B B, area of dulness after twelfth exercises (the fourth, after an in-terval of fourteen days, necessitated by the menstrual period). C C, the same after twenty-fifth and last exercises. I X, situation of apex beat on that occasion (not having- been appre-ciable when previous observations were recorded). and , right and left nipples. S S, mid-sternal line. To face page 08. DIAGRAM P.
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