The hydropathic treatment of diseases peculiar to women; and of women in childbed; with some observations on the management of infants / [Edward Johnson].

  • Johnson, Edward, 1785-1862
Date:
1850
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Credit: The hydropathic treatment of diseases peculiar to women; and of women in childbed; with some observations on the management of infants / [Edward Johnson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HOT FOMENTATION. 30 front, stretching from quite the bottom of the bowels to a little above the pit of the stomach—two or three inches above it—but not quite so high as the blanket. The two ends of the folded blanket are now brought over the body, first one and then the other. The breadth of the two pieces of wet flannel should be such that when the folded ends of the blanket are brought over the body, the sides of the upper and under flannel will about meet, so that the -trunk is entirely surrounded with hot wet flannel. ' The patient may lie thus for half an hour or two hours, or all night, according to circumstances. _ This is an extremely efficacious and effectual mode of applying a hot fomentation. In some cases, the hot flannel need only be placed over the bowels, and none under the back.