Formulæ used at St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin / compiled by a committee of the medical staff.

  • St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Formulæ used at St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin / compiled by a committee of the medical staff. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    not been observed that any state of health, which allows of the patient attending at the Hospital, is prohibitory as respects the bath. The vapour bath, given as directed, has not been found to induce or aggravate irregular action of the heart; it does not bring on prostration, and patients using it are not found to be more liable than others to cold or bronchitis. MEDICATED VAPOUR BATHS, i.—BALNEUM HYDRARGYRI. The Mercurial Vapour Bath is given as follows :—The patient takes the Simple Vapour Bath till the skin is thoroughly heated. A scruple of calomel is placed on a hot metal plate, and introduced into the body of the bath through a sliding door, which is then closed. The mercury is thus sublimed, and rises along with the steam, by means of which it is so far diluted that towards the close of the process it can, if necessary, be inspired two or three times. It is never requisite to stay more than from ten to fifteen minutes in this bath, at the end of which time the patient should dry the skin gently and dress leisurely.