The principles and practice of medical hydrology : being the science of treatment by waters and baths / by R. Fortescue Fox.

  • Fox, R. Fortescue (Robert Fortescue), 1858-1940.
Date:
1913
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    Dosage of waters, 101 Douche baths, 18, 29, 60, 209 Douche-massage baths, 150, 209 Droitwich, 114, 130, 155, 174, 178, 279 * Dysmenorrhcea, 222 Dyspepsia, 215 Eczema, 136, 222 Effervescent baths, 132, 209, 210 Elimination, 95, 117, 169, 239 Ferment action of waters, 97 Fever, action of baths in, 35, 61 Flitwick, 120 Floyer, Sir John, 22 Foot baths, hot, 129, 194, 206 Gall-stones, 119, 216 Gautier, Armand, 99 Giannini on cooling baths, 61 Glycosuria, 116, 217 Gout, 152, 154, 160 -in women, 164 Gravel, urinary, 116-17, 218 Graves’s disease, 135, 194, 207 Harrogate, 120, 136, 148, 151, 169, 175, 178, 215-16, 219, 280 Heart affections, 206 -, contra-indications,207-9 -, exercises in, 210-11 Heart, effect of baths on, 48, 63, 65, 73, 126, 134, 158 -failure, effect of cold in, 63 Heat, negative, effects on circula¬ tion, 48 -, positive, effects on circula¬ tion, 47 -, ill-effects of. See Thermal Debility. Hot air baths, 75, 83 “ Hydrology, Medical,” history of the name, 257 -, teaching of, 36, 232 Hydrological treatment, scope of, 108, 233 seq. -, three degrees of, 198 “ Hydropathy,” 25, 89, 254 “ Hydrotherapy,” history of the name, 254 -, institutes of, 27, 31, 36, 67, 89, 185, 198 -, scope of, 33, 38 Hyperthermal treatment, 76, 128, 179, 193 Hysteria and hypochondriasis, 185 Ichthyosis, 222 Insomnia, 125, 202 Intensive action of baths, 58, 80, 137, 170, 179, 213, 242 -waters, 107, 113, 163 Japanese baths, 128, 272 Kidney affections, 153-4, 218 Latitude, effect on hydrological treatment, 143 Leamington, 114, 118, 148,157, 216, 282 Liver disorders, 119, 152, 216 Llandrindod, 136, 148, 152, 169, 175, 188, 192, 215, 219, 223, 282 Llangammarch, 148, 158, 208, 282 Llanwrtyd, 154, 169, 175, 283 Malaria, 221 Malvern, 159 Matlock Bath, 140, 149, 151, 284 Medicinal springs, alkaline, 115 -, calcareous, 116 -, chalybeate and arsenical, 120 -, contra-indications, 43, 242 -, differentia of, 98 -, dissociation and dilution in, 101 -, ferment action of, 97 -, gases in, 104 -, general application of, 105 8eq., 237 -, intensive action of, 107, 113, 163 -, origin of, 98 -, radio-activity of, 103,179 -, salt or muriated, 113 -, sulphated, 117 -, sulphuretted, 111 -, theories regarding, 93-6 -, thermal, 110 -, tonicity of, 44, 102, 114 -, widespread use of, 92 Mental affections, baths in, 84, 199 seq. Metabolism, effect of baths on, 52 -in hot baths, 57 Middle life, disturbances of, 166, 194, 204 seq., 223, 238-9 Minus after plus baths, 14, 128, 139, 189, 202 Moffat, 153, 284 Moisture, effects of, 45