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.

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    Operation repeated on October 9, 11, and 16; on each occasion for thirty minutes, at temperature of from 240° to 265° F. At the end of the treatment she could freely extend the fingers without pain, and she has now resumed her occupation, and is quite well. T. H. Bishop, M.B., C.M., House-Surgeon. H. W. Mobley, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Case YI. Treated at Charing Cross Hospital. Under the care of Mr. Morgan, F.R.C.S. W. D. Injury to hand. Under treatment twelve weeks. When the wound was healed there remained stiffness at wrist-joint, and also metacarpo-phalangeal and inter- phalangeal joints. Massage for some six or eight weeks improved matters to a degree, but it was thought advisable to adopt the hot-air bath treatment by the Tallerman- Sheffield process. This was done for three weeks, with a marked improvement as result. C. Lockyer, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., House-Surgeon. Case VII. Treated at the North-west London Hospital. Under the care o/Mr. Mayo Collier, F.R.C.S. L. B.; aged 12. Tubercular knee-joint. Had been kept at absolute rest in plaster of Paris for upwards of seven months. On removing the splint the disease was found to have disappeared, leaving little or no movement, any attempt to increase it causing severe pain. After six operations the movement had increased 45° to 50°; there was no grating in the joint, and the patient could walk freely and well; no forcible movement was used. CHRONIC RHEUMATISM. Case I. Treated at the Royal Portsmouth Hospital. Under the care of Mr. D. Ward Cousins, F.R.C.S. I. C.; aged 24. Carpenter. Invalided from Royal Lngineers for chronic rheumatism. Has been unable to work for some months on account of pain in right wrist. Considerable thickening round wrist-joint. Range of