Natural Therapy (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Natural Therapy: A Manual of Physiotherapeutics and Climatology 6
Copyright Page 7
Table of Contents 12
PREFACE TO SECOND ISSUE. 10
PREFACE TO FIRST ISSUE. 10
LIST OF PLATES. 14
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 15
FOREWORD. 18
SECTION I.— The Use of Water in the Treatment of Disease. 20
CHAPTER I. THE HISTORY OF BATHING. 20
CHAPTER II. HYDROTHERAPY. 33
GENERAL PRINCIPLES. 33
GENERAL EFFECT OF HYDROTHERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS. 39
THE INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF WATER. 49
IRRIGATION. 54
CHAPTER III. ON THE TAKING OF BATHS. 57
GENERAL PRECAUTIONS AS TO THE TAKING OF BATHS. 57
THE TECHNIQUE OF BATHS, PARTIAL AND GENERAL. 58
THE DRIP SHEET. 79
DOUCHES. 81
CHAPTER IV. THE TECHNIQUE OF COMPRESSES, PACKS, POULTICES, ETC. 95
THE WET COMPRESS. 95
THE VARIOUS COMPRESSES IN USE. 97
THE WET PACK. 104
THE DRY PACK. 105
FOMENTATIONS AND POULTICES. 108
CHAPTER V. THE NAUHEIM BATHS. 114
THE EFFECT OF THE BATHS AND EXERCISES ON THE CIRCULATORY ORGANS. 119
THE SCHOTT-NAUHEIM EXERCISES. 120
CHAPTER VI. PEAT, FANGO, AND OTHER MEDICATED BATHS. 125
SAND BATHS. 134
BRINE BATHS (Sool-Bader). 135
MEDICATED BATHS. 135
SECTION II.—Heat and Light in the Treatment of Disease. 137
CHAPTER VII. THERMOTHERAPY. 137
GENERAL PRINCIPLES. 137
SOME PHYSICAL FACTS IN REGARD TO LUMINOUS RADIANT HEAT. 139
CHAPTER VIII. HOT-AIR, STEAM, AND TURKISH BATHS. 160
THE HOT-AIR CABINET BATH. 160
THE STEAM CABINET BATH. 162
THE TURKISH BATH. 166
CHAPTER IX. PHOTOTHERAPY. 169
THE ELECTRIC-LIGHT BATH. 175
THE ROENTGEN X RAYS. 183
THE FINSEN LIGHT. 184
SECTION III.—Massage, Etc., in the Treatment of Disease. 185
CHAPTER X. MASSOTHERAPY. 185
GENERAL RULES. 187
GENERAL MASSAGE. 191
VIBRATION BY MECHANICAL MEANS. 200
CHAPTER XI. THE REST CURE. 203
SECTION IV.—Electricity in the Treatment of Disease. 209
CHAPTER XII. GALVANISM AND FARADISM. 209
HISTORICAL SUMMARY. 209
GENERAL USE OF ELECTRICITY IN MEDICINE. 211
SOURCES OF ELECTRICITY FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES. 214
THE GALVANIC OR CONTINUOUS CURRENT. 214
CURRENT FROM THE MAIN. 221
GENERAL TECHNIQUE OF GALVANIZATION. 239
FARADISM, OR THE INTERRUPTED CURRENT. 242
THE TECHNIQUE OF FARADIZATION. 255
CHAPTER XIII. SINUSOIDAL CURRENTS. HYDRO - ELECTRIC BATHS. STATIC ELECTRICITY. 259
SINUSOIDAL CURRENTS. 259
THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC BATH. 263
FRICTIONAL OR STATIC ELECTRICITY. 272
CHAPTER XIV. HIGH-FREQUENCY CURRENTS. 277
SECTION V.—Diet in the Treatment of Disease. 290
CHAPTER XV. GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND COMPOSITION OF FOOD. 290
COMPOSITION OF COMMON ARTICLES OF FOOD (after Einhorn). 292
ANIMAL FOODS. 294
VEGETABLE FOODS. 296
THE INFLUENCE OF COOKING ON THE DIGESTIBILITY OF CERTAIN FOODS. 297
TEA AND COFFEE. 299
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. 300
RELATIVE DIGESTIBILITY OF FOODS. 302
CHAPTER XVI. DIET IN HEALTH AND IN THE INDIVIDUAL. 303
CHAPTER XVII. DIET IN DISEASE. 310
ANEMIA. 311
CARDIAC DISEASE. 312
DIABETES. 312
GASTRIC DISEASE AND INSUFFICIENCY. 314
CONSTIPATION. 317
DIARRHOEA. 318
GOUT. 319
OBESITY. 321
PHTHISIS. 322
RENAL DISEASE AND ALBUMINURIA. 324
CHAPTER XVIII. SPECIAL DIET CURES. 326
THE SALISBURY SYSTEM. 326
THE BANTING SYSTEM. 327
THE DRY CURE. 329
THE MILK CURE. 330
THE WHEY CURE. 333
THE KOUMISS CURE. 334
THE GRAPE CURE. 336
SECTION Vl.—The Modem " Cure." 339
CHAPTER XIX. HYDROPATHIC AND " CURE" ESTABLISHMENTS. 339
CHAPTER XX. FOREIGN MINERAL WATERS. 345
THE SALINE PURGATIVE WATERS. 345
MILDLY ALKALINE WATERS, & c. &
TABLE WATERS. 350
SEXTION VII.—Medical Climatology and the Principles of Climatic Treatment. 351
CHAPTER XXI. 351
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 364
INDEX. 370
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