Body, but not the feet, to be enveloped in packing-sheet, and there remain until feet were warm: then tepid-bath 64° ten minutes. If the feet are cold in the bath, rub them with wet hands until a good circulation is produced.
In the night, fever abated and the child slept soundly.
Next day croup nearly gone and appetite good.
Another child with croup was treated in the same way on the first day. At nine o’clock at night, chest, windpipe, and between the shoulders, were rubbed for some time with wet hands; then the waist, throat, and chest were bandaged.
Slept well, but flushed and feverish in the morning; complained of sore throat. Packing-sheet until hot, and tepid-bath 64°.
Still feverish.
At noon, rubbing-sheet, not wrung out. If no fever and appetite, to go out.
Repeat rubbing-sheet in the afternoon.
Should fever continue, packing-sheet followed by rubbing-sheets. This was not necessary.
Second day. Tepid bath in the morning, and rubbing-sheets at twelve and five o’clock. Both children cured in three days.