The Tallerman-Sheffield patent localized hot-air bath : being a new invention for the treatment of rheumatism, gout, rheumatic arthritis, stiff and painful joints, sprains, etc., etc., by the local application of super-heated dry air : with notes of cases treated at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, North-West London Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, The Royal Portsmouth Hospital, and elsewhere.

Date:
1885
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Credit: The Tallerman-Sheffield patent localized hot-air bath : being a new invention for the treatment of rheumatism, gout, rheumatic arthritis, stiff and painful joints, sprains, etc., etc., by the local application of super-heated dry air : with notes of cases treated at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, North-West London Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, The Royal Portsmouth Hospital, and elsewhere. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    At no period did the patient experience any pain or un- comfortable sensation from the high temperature. As the hip-joint had again become rigid—although in a better position than formerly—I prescribed an interval of rest, to ascertain the permanency of the benefit derived before subjecting the patient to further treatment. 1895.—After five months and a half, I found that the condition of the elbow was extremely satisfactory, the patient being able to move her arm freely and without pain, and could lift a weight of 35 lbs. I therefore deter- mined to try the effect of the hot-air bath on the hip. On May 16 and 18 patient had two preliminary baths before operating on the hip, which was now almost rigid again and strongly adducted, and the left pelvic brim was about 2 inches higher than the right. On May 20, assisted by JDrs. Hewritt and Bolus, I broke down (with considerable difficulty) the adhesions until per- fectly free movement was capable of being made in every direction. On recovering from the anaesthetic the patient was placed in the hip-bath, the temperature being gradually raised from 170° to 235°. The patient complained of very little pain—only of aching—and after being in the bath for fifty minutes I was able to perform all the movements I had previously done under an anaesthetic. During the night the patient had very little pain, and on May 21 had another bath, after which passive move- ments—more rapid than on the previous day—were per- formed. The patient had a restless night, but this was most probably due to the catamenia, which appeared on the morning of May 22. The patient could not therefore have a bath, but she was able to move her limb in every direc- tion without pain. The case is still under treatment. F. A. Barton, M.R.C.S. Case IX. Treated at St. Marys Hospital, London, W. Under the care of Mr. Herbert W. Page, F.R.C.S. v, ^empl°y^> Gr.W.R. The patient was a man who nad rheumatism of many joints after exposure to cold ;