An account of the new and successful treatment of indigestion, bilious and nervous complaints, deafness, blindness, etc / by M. La Beaume ... with cases to prove the medical efficacy of his portable sudatory or warm-air bath.

  • La Beaume, Michael.
Date:
1821
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Credit: An account of the new and successful treatment of indigestion, bilious and nervous complaints, deafness, blindness, etc / by M. La Beaume ... with cases to prove the medical efficacy of his portable sudatory or warm-air bath. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lameness was extreme, she was obliged to go on crutches for some time ; and being exceed- ingly enfeebled, could not support herself on them without assistance. The treatment Mr. La B. employed was judicious and effectual. Galvanism was administered for three weeks ; and she was at first conveyed to his house in a coach, with considerable difficulty in getting her in and out. The progress she made during the first week was remarkable, every painful symptom was alleviated ; and before the third week her appetite, digestion, spirits, sleep, &c. matured into a state of perfect health. This point of the first importance having been obtained, Mr. L. used the air-pump vapour-bath, an ap- paratus he generally employs on similar occa- sions with the greatest advantage. After the first appliction of the remedy, which was on the third of November last, the contraction was lessened, the heel lowered one inch, and two days after she was enabled to walk across the room without help. After the second ope- ration on the sixth of November, her heel lowered another inch, and she walked out with one crutch only. On the nineteenth of the same month, the bath was repeated with more decided benefit: as perspiration, warmth, and freedom from pain were produced to a greater degree than before, the heel almost touched the ground ; she acquired a firmness of step, and