This section is from the book "Materia Medica And Therapeutics: An Introduction to the National Treatment of Disease", by John Mitchell Bruce. Also available from Amazon: The pharmacology and therapeutics of the materia medica.
Name. | Temperature. | Uses. | |
Hot air, or Turkish. | Up to 220°, followed by cold. | Diaphoretic, followed by stimulation; anodyne ; increases metabolism. | Like warm water and Russian baths. Tonic. |
Compressed air. | Ordinary. | Increases oxygenation. |
 
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