The uses of water in modern medicine / By Simon Baruch.

  • Baruch, Simon, 1840-1921.
Date:
1893
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    AUXILIARY METHODS. Experience has demonstrated that the therapeu- tic results of all hydriatic measures are greatly en- hanced by certain auxiliary measures, which are either preparatory or are practiced in connection with them. The most conservative practitioners and clinical teachers constantly refer to these. Prof. Semmola tells his classes in the Naples University (page 230 Clinical Therapeutics, translated into German with a preface by Prof. Nothnagel, of Vienna): In visceral troubles which defy all treatment because they are favored by special alterations in the tissue changes, the physician may accomplish in many cases a true and real cure by endowing all the functions of the organism with the highest activity without the aid of medicinal agents, i. e., solely and purelv by the appli- cation of ordinary physiological agents, and, above all, of hydrotherapy. The methodical internal and ex- ternal use of water, together with climate, exercise etc., is the means by which hydrotherapy stimulates cutaneous activity, and with it all functions of tissue change and organic purification, so that often real marvels of recovery are obtained in serious and des- perate forms of disease. Unfortunately, these won- derful effects are more rare to-day than they were in