On dysmenorrhoea and other uterine affections in connection with derangement of the assimilating functions.

  • Rigby, Edward, 1804-1860.
Date:
1844
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Credit: On dysmenorrhoea and other uterine affections in connection with derangement of the assimilating functions. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sate for, and equalize, tlie alternations of temperature, it is liiglily important that a good non-conductor of caloric, like wool, should form the materials of the clothing in immediate contact with the skin; in other words, the patient should wear flannel, or, what is better, the “elas- tic merino ” which being a mixture of wool and cotton, is preferred from its producing no irritation. A healthy condition of the skin must be still further insured by daily and copious ablution of the whole person, and by active friction afterwards. The water at the temperature of the atmosphere may be borne with perfect safety during a great portion of the year, even by the most delicate; and where this system has been commenced during the summer months, it may be continued through the winter with a very moderate addition of warm water during the severest paid. Friction with a towel impregnated with salt adds greatly to the tonic effects upon the skin, and brings it into an active flow of healthy circulation. There can he no doubt that a considerable portion of the good effects of hydropathic treatment are owing to the healthy state of the skin which is established by this system of bathing, diluents and exercise; and I am convinced that I have seen very beneficial effects pro- duced by a patient drinking a full-sized tumbler of cold