DIET—HYGIENE—HYDROTHERAPY
The details of the patient's diet are not to be neglected; he may be the victim of some caprice which is injuring his general health. In the case of children supervision is desirable, to obviate their eating either too much or too quickly.
General hygiene must be made the subject of special attention. We have often been convinced of the salutary effects of alteration in a patient's mode of life, or of modification of his environment, such as is ensured by holidaying, or by sea voyages, or by "cures" at watering-places and seaside resorts.
Hydrotherapy in one or other of its forms may also be utilised. Except in cases of hysteria, the tepid douche is preferable to the cold one. A morning and evening tub, followed by energetic friction of the skin, is a favourite prescription.