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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Fig. 11. In the Sitz Bath cold applications to the head, if the sitz bath is pro-longed. When the sitz bath is given to produce perspiration,water at a temperature of about 100° is put in the tub,and after the patient has been seated in it a few minutes,hotter water is carefully added until the temperature isas high as the patient will bear. A blanket or comfort,or a sheet, merely, if the room temperature is warmenough, should be drawn about the patient, including tuband pail (Fig. 11); A cold wet towel should be kept onthe head. Hot water drinking will facilitate sweating.The bath may be prolonged from ten to thirty minutes, Home Treatments 113 but should be stopped whenever the patient complainsof faintness, especially if acqompanied by shortness ofbreath. Conclude the bath by adding cold water. Inorder to do this, it may be necessary to remove some ofthe hot water from the tub.
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Fig. 12. The Sponge Bath The patient should be properly cooled and carefullydried, being at all times protected from drafts and fromchilling. The Sponge Bath The cool sponge bath is a valuable means of reduc-ing fever. A sponge is not necessary, and in fact, isnot very frequently used. The water may be appliedwith the bare hand or with a cloth. When given toreduce body temperature, the water should be about 60°or lower. The sponge bath nearly always follows anygeneral bed treatment that causes perspiration. 114 Epidemics: How to Meet Them To give a sponge bath, provide a basin of water andseveral towels. The patient is wholly undressed, butcovered with the bed clothing. Only a part of the bodyis treated at a time. Towels are placed so as to protectthe bed. An arm is exposed and the cold water appliedits full length, and then dried (Fig. 12). Bathe theother arm, then the chest and abdomen; next the legs,one at a time; and then the back. The whole procedurecan be done without dampening

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