Bathing and the bath : simple and medicated : its history, effect and mode of application, with a particular description of the patent "toilet bath" / by T.S. Lambert.

  • Lambert, T. S. (Thomas Scott), 1819-1897.
Date:
1845
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Credit: Bathing and the bath : simple and medicated : its history, effect and mode of application, with a particular description of the patent "toilet bath" / by T.S. Lambert. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    other hand the system is braced against the effects of cold, and if a person is about to be much exposed, take a long ride, or anything of that sort, a bath of this kind should be taken as preparatory. If the whole system has become chilled, than which there can hardly be a worse state pro- duced, a vapor bath will give immediate relief, and it may then be carried a little beyond the point of producing gentle perspiration. After a person has been riding, and has been wet, or often the feet have been exposed, and getting wet have rendered the whole body uncomfortable, a vapor bath will warm the whole system, and a person can retire to a most comfortable rest in five or ten minutes, or putting on dry clothing, can again return to his business. When the whole system has been exposed to fatigue, and the muscles have become sore, and the nervous system feels exhausted as when a person has been laboring or taking a long journey, the stimulating effects of the vapor bath in refreshing and relieving the man, are almost past belief; if a person has tried a vapor bath once in this case, he will always remem- ber it with peculiar pleasure. In case of a cold, a vapor bath should be taken not only for the relief it affords to the lungs, but for its effects upon the whole system, and it should be taken to the degree of producing pretty free perspiration, at the same time let the skin be briskly rubbed, retire to rest a little earlier than usual, use no drink, and in the morning the cold will be gone. The salt vapor is to be used in this case, and the addition of a little camphor renders the bath more effectual. In case of rheumatism the vapor bath stimulates the whole system favorably, and should be applied generally once a day; the salt vapor being used in this case with the addi- tion of camphor if you please. In almost all cases it will 6