Rational hydrotherapy : a manual of the physiological and therapeutic effects of hydriatic procedures, and the technique of their application in the treatment of disease . 7 IN Fig. 68. Outline of Dilated Heart (A) before and (A) after Effervescent Bath (p. 566).. Fig. 69. Outline of Dilated Heart (A) before and (B) afterEffervescent Bath (p. 566). THE TECHNIQUE OF HYDROTHERAPY. 567 patient should not take more than three baths in successionwithout a days interval. At the beginning and before the patients susceptibility isknown, it is best to start with the mildest bath, increasingthe quantity
Rational hydrotherapy : a manual of the physiological and therapeutic effects of hydriatic procedures, and the technique of their application in the treatment of disease . 7 IN Fig. 68. Outline of Dilated Heart (A) before and (A) after Effervescent Bath (p. 566).. Fig. 69. Outline of Dilated Heart (A) before and (B) afterEffervescent Bath (p. 566). THE TECHNIQUE OF HYDROTHERAPY. 567 patient should not take more than three baths in successionwithout a days interval. At the beginning and before the patients susceptibility isknown, it is best to start with the mildest bath, increasingthe quantity of the chemical ingredients as he becomes accus-tomed to the measure. In the case of very sensitive persons,the temperature may be made a Httle higher (94° or 95°).It is important that the patient should not become chilledduring the bath. THE SURGE BATH. This bath is given in a rocking tub (Fig. 70). The tern- 1145perature of the water employed should be from 60° to 75°.The effects are intermediate between those of the ordinaryfull bath at the temperature named and the sea bath. Reac-tion occurs more quickly than in the ordinary full bath,allowing the use of a temperature from five to eight degreeslower. Therapeutic Applications.—The surge bath at 6
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