Every Man His Own Doctor: The Cold Water, Tepid Water, and Friction-Cure, as Applicable to Every Disease to Which the Human Frame Is Subject, and Also to the Cure of Disease in Horses and CattleClaridge, R. T. (Richard Tappin)
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Every Man His Own Doctor: The Cold Water, Tepid Water, and Friction-Cure, as Applicable to Every Disease to Which the Human Frame Is Subject, and Also to the Cure of Disease in Horses and Cattle
Claridge, R. T. (Richard Tappin)
Hydrotherapy; Veterinary medicine
Morning, rubbing-sheet and sitz-bath fifteen minutes. Noon, the same
repeated. Afternoon, sitz-bath.
A gentleman of my acquaintance pursued three or four months' treatment
for this complaint, and left Gräfenberg without being cured.
LXXV.--HEARTBURN.
Drink large quantit[i]es of water fasting, rub the part with wet hands
and wear a large bandage, changed often, round the waist. If this does
not effect a cure, take a rubbing-sheet or two and a tepid sitz-bath
twice a day. Nausea and sickness are to be treated in the same manner;
if, however, the latter become chronic, then packing-sheets, tepid
baths, and sitz-baths must be resorted to. The diet should be brown
bread and milk only. The milk should be boiled, if it otherwise
disagrees with the patient.
LXXVI.--SEA SICKNESS.
To avoid sea-sickness or relieve it. The traveller should lay on his
back, and place a large wet towel on his abdomen, changing it when dry.
After a sea voyage take a few rubbing-sheets and sitz-baths. Wear a
waist bandage, and if constipated resort to cold water clysters.
LXXVII.--PALPITATION OF THE HEART.
Many rubbing-sheets; rub the whole, side for a long time and often.
Large bandage. Two sitz-baths a day, fifteen minutes each; rubbing the
afflicted side the whole time. A lady afflicted as above was relieved in
ten minutes by the rubbing-sheets, and dabbling her feet well in cold
water.
LXXVIII.--WANT OF SLEEP.
Before going to bed, take a shallow foot-bath (only to cover the soles
of the foot) for seven to ten minutes, rubbing the feet to above the
ankles all the time, then walk about the room bare-footed until the feet
are quite warm.
A lady, in the treatment, complained of want of sleep.
Two packing-sheets in the afternoon, the first changed as soon as hot,
followed by tepid bath.
Two foot-baths for one hour each, the water only to cover the soles of
the feet. Feet to be well rubbed the whole time. When the servant is
tired of rubbing, patient should walk about the room with bare feet for
a few minutes and then resume the foot-bath.
LXXIX.--LANGUID CIRCULATION.
I attended many cases of this kind with Mr. Priessnitz, where the
languid circulation arose from using the head more than the body. In a
general way he began with rubbing-sheets in the morning and afternoon
for a few days, and then in the morning packing-sheet until warm, and
tepid bath, cold bath, and back to tepid bath. Noon, rubbing-sheet and
tepid sitz-bath fifteen minutes; afternoon, packing-sheet and tepid
baths as in the morning; or a rubbing-sheet. Bandaged always.
LXXX.--RING WORM.
A boy aged seven years had ring worm over the eye and behind his knees.
Cured in six weeks. Two packing-sheets and tepid baths daily. Bandage to
the knees. Child could not endure the douche.
LXXXI.--HANDS FROST-BITTEN OR SUFFERING FROM A BOIL.
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