Identifier: epidemicshowtome00hans (find matches)
Title: Epidemics; how to meet them
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Hansen, Louis A., ed Review and Herald Publishing Association
Subjects: Communicable diseases
Publisher: Washington, D.C., New York City (etc.) Review and Herald Publishing Association
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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bsorbed; hence the necessity of securing athorough cleansing of the bowel; otherwise the enemawill be productive of headache or other unpleasant ef-fects. Repeated injections may be necessary in orderto secure a thorough cleansing. The warm water willrelax the bowel tissues, and therefore it should be fol-lowed by a small cool enema at a temperature of 65°or 70°. The cool enema is sometimes used to reduce fever.When given for this purpose, the water should be re-tained as long as possible, the temperature ranging from70° to 80°. If given colder, it will be retained withmore difficulty, because of the stimulating effect of thecold. Home TreatmentsThe Foot Bath 109 The hot foot bath is a very useful treatment. It isvaluable in breaking up a cold, in relieving headache,in dispelling chilliness, and is sometimes effective in in-somnia, by drawing the blood from the head to the ex-tremities. The foot bath may be given in bed, in whichcase the bed should be properly protected with news-
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Figr. 8. Foot Bath in Bed papers, a piece of oilcloth, or a rubber sheet. A cover-ing should be thrown over the knees and legs duringthe treatment. The vessel used should be deep, andlarge enough to hold both feet comfortably, the waterextending at least to the ankles (Fig. 8). The patient may sit in a chair, in which case a cov-ering should be thrown over and around the legs andfoot tub to protect the patient from chilling (Fig. 9). The temperature of the foot bath should be about100°, and may be raised as high as can be borne, bygradually adding hot water. The bath may be continued 110 Epidemics: Hotv to Meet Them as long as thirty minutes. If for more than five minutes,apply a cold towel to the head or neck, or both. On being removed from the bath, the feet should be

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