Modern Medicine Volume 11 pdf

Modern Medicine Volume 11. Battle Creek Sanitarium

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Author: Battle Creek Sanitarium
Number of Pages: 158 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781130233957
File Name: Modern.Medicine.Volume.11.pdf
Download Link: Modern Medicine Volume 11
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...and light gardening. The outdoor gymnasium has the advantage, however, that it may be employed at all seasons of the year, that the exercises may be accurately regulated and under the constant supervision of a competent director, and that the seclusion of the gymnasium affords opportunity for a more thorough exposure of the body to the influence of light and air than ordinary out-of-door exercise. For feebler patients, carriage riding provides a partial sort of air bath, which may be advantageously utilized while strength for more vigorous exercise or a more considerable degree of exposure is being accumulated.. Very feeble patients may be allowed to lie out on the verandas or in sheltered places on cots or reclining chairs. This measure the writer has employed extensively for more than a score of years, and with most excellent results. The patient is as lightly covered as is consistent with comfort, and the wraps should consist of white woolen blankets in cold weather, and white fabrics at all seasons, so that as much light as possible may penetrate to the skin. The writer, s general instruction to his patients is to spend as much time as possible in the open air. Simply lying in the cool fresh air promotes appetite and normal metabolism, and greatly adds to the beneficial effects derived from other therapeutic measures. The Sand Bath.--The sand pile, with which every outdoor gymnasium should be provided, affords an excellent opportunity for the sand bath. Under the influence of the summer sun the sand becomes intensely heated, and when heaped about the body, is a most effective means of calorification. The head should be protected by a cold napkin, as in the hot water bath, and should be shielded from the direct rays of the sun. Perspiration is quickly ind..

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