Practical hydropathy : including plans of baths and remarks on diet, clothing, and habits of life / by John Smedley.

  • Smedley, John.
Date:
1861
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    LIST OF BATH3 Practised at Mn. Sjiedley's Hydropathic Establishment, Matlock Bank, Derbyshire, from September Cth, 185s! This list is substantially the same as the 2nd Edition, but not the same as the 1st Edi- tion of Hydropathy, published June 12th, 1S58. HANDBOOK OF HYDROPATHY. 1 Cold Dripping Sheet. 2 Hot sheet (90 deg., and cold. 3 One hot sheet and two cold. 4 Sheet 80 deg. and cold. 5 Two cold sheets. 6 Tepid dripping sheet, 70 degrees. 7 Ditto with pad 90 deg. to chest. 8 Cold dripping sheet, hot pad to chest, standing on flannel pad. 84 Sheet 90 deg., and cold sponge over. 9 Ditto, and tepid sponge over. 94 Sheet 90, can of cold dashed -at the back while sheet is on. 10 Sponge Over 80 deg., standing on flannel pad. 11 Ditto, cold. 12 Rub over with dry sheet. 13 Hot Soaping-, with pad. 134 Ditto, and then rub the body dry with dry sheet, and rub over with either tepid or cold vinegar and water and hand. In delicate patients do part of the body at a time, and cover that part before doing next. 13| Tlle vinegar and water W'ithout the suds. 14 Sponge over with sponge partly squeezed out of 80 deg., body covered over with blanket, standing in hot mustard, feet wiped with tepid towel after. 15 Ditto, sponge out of cold. 16 Stand on hot pad, and have several cans of cold water dashed on the back part of the body: hot pad to stomach and 73J. 16J Ditto, 70 deg. 17 Pour can of 90 and one of 70 deg. alternately over affected part.—See page 501. 18 Rub over with Sheet -partially Wrung- Out of cold water. 19 Ditto, out of tepid. 19s Ditto, given in a chair placing a large blanket under- neath the sheet, and spreading both overchair, and havea hot mustard foot bath ready for feet. Tho patient sits down, -putting feet into the mustard and water, then immediately wrap both sheet and blanket round the body and well rub over blanket for a minute or two, then quickly remove the sheet and rub the patient in the blanket in same way until warm and dry, then rub feet and ankles with hand and cold water, and well dry rub them with dry hands after. 20 Towel rubbing cold, hot pad to bowels, No. 13 first, doing upper part of body and then covering that part before doing lower part 21 Ditto, without 13. 22 Ditto, Tepid towel. 23 Warm pad to chest while applying small Mustard Poultices between the shoulders, feet in hot mustard and afterwards rubbed with tepid towel. 24 Dry Rub Over all the person quickly 4 or 5 mm. with hands only, covering body with blanket, feet on flannel pad. 25 Ditto with dry Mustard. 26 Rub over the upper part of the body, in bed, with wrung- out sponge cold; put on flan- nel vest, then sponge over lower part. 264 Ditto, tepid. 27 Cold Shallow. 28 Ditto, 70 deg., and good rub over while in. 29 Pail of cold over shoulders and back. 30 80 deg. shallow, well rubbed. 31 Ditto, 8G deg. 32 Hot sheet, cold shallow quick. 33 Hot Shallow, raised from 95 to 100 or 105 deg., with soaping, then cold sponge, or No. 2. 34 Back spout in shallow. 35 Shallow, 90 deg., and soap- ing; lower it gradually to 80 deg., rubbing the body while it is lowering. 354 Ditto, 100 to 105 deg., 10 to 15 minutes, soap, and lower to 80 deg., then dry rub. 36 Douche. 36i Ditto, standing in hot water. 36J Ditto, hot pad to chest. 37 Hot sheet and douche. 374 Hot spouting on affected parts, followed by No. 149. 38 Wet Pack. See page 43, hot can over blanket, legs from knees downwards, in dry blanket. 39 Ditto, pack sheet wrung out of Hot. 40 Ditto, with a hot pad at the back, and only hot can in front. 41 Ditto with Hot Drip- ping- sheet first, or vapour. 42 Wet pack with Legs inJ hot foment pads. 424 Wet pack, one hour or I one hour and a quarter, after I slight No. 51. 43 Body pack, hot can on I front, one hour, no hot pad. 44 Ditto, pack sheet wrung I out of hot 444 Ditto, the sheet wrung] out of hot mustard and after, ! No. 12, replace body bandage' I wrung out of tepid mustard. 45 Towel pack. 46 Fomenting Pack, hot pad behind and before, hot cann on blanket. 47 Ditto, with hot fomenting:! pads to legs. 48 Liver Pack, fomenting under right ribs and stomach 1 for 20 minutes gently, then rub the part dry, then mustard plaister over liver till the part is red ; wipe it off with soft paper or dry towel, and not witli wet, then cover up witli blanket, and lay small hot fomenting can over for J ten minutes, then dry rub over 1 stomach and bowels with dry mustard, put on dry body bandage three hours, then wet the bandage as usual. 49 Liver Pack. Double a towel in four, wrung out of ] tepid water, lay it over the liver, then a fold of flannel or small blanket over, then small fomenting can over the blanket j three-quarters of an horn-; rub the part with towel or sponge squeezed out of tepid water, then put on a piece of spongio • slightly sprinkled with hot water, and wet body bandage ■ over it. 50 Lazy Pack. Double a towel in four, squeeze it out of tepid water, lay it over the bowels; then double a small blanket in four, lay it over the towel; then cither the small or whole hot can betwixt the I folds of the blanket over the I bowels; have cold wet head I bandage on and mustard poul- I tices on soles of feet, 14 inch I broad, so as to touch only the I soles of the feet; lay in this | pack 20 minutes, then sponge I over the bowels with a sponge I squeezed out of tepid water, I and renew the pack as fre- [ quently as the state of the case j requires; it may be renewed I five or six times in as many I hours with great advantage, when there is violent irrita- tion of the stomach, or sick- I ness. 51 Steam Bath six oreight minutes.