Identifier: 39002010568294.med.yale.edu
Title: An epitome of hydrotherapy for physicians, architects and nurses
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Baruch, Simon,1840-1921
Subjects: Hydrotherapy Hydrotherapy Balneology
Publisher: Philadelphia and London, W. B. Saunders Company
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

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Fig. 18.—Chest compress: preparing for application of wet linen.(From lecture, International Clinics.) As indicated above, this compress should be made tofit snugly when wrapped around the chest, to preventchilling during vaporization of the water. On the otherhand, it should not be so tight as to embarrass the breath-ing. The compress should be changed about once every hour, 72 AN EPITOME OF HYDROTHERAPY and the precaution previously mentioned, to have a freshcompress in readiness before removal, must be observed,in order to obviate needless exposure of the nude chest,which interferes with reaction. Another important pre-caution should be impressed upon the nurse, viz., to as-certain before renewal by inserting the finger beneath the
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