In the afternoon the packing-sheet and bath as before. This treatment was repeated, every day for six days, when patient was out of doors again.
From this time patient felt himself so changed a man, that the author saw him cry with joy. He could use his limbs as he had not done for many years, and to prove it, ran up a hill with astonishing alacrity. Three days treatment were sufficient to reduce the swelling of his knuckles, toes, and hands.
This patient, on his first arrival, Mr. Priessnitz ordered, without any previous preparation, into a tepid bath, where he was rubbed upwards of an hour.
C——, aged forty. Gout generally returned in summer.
Treatment.—Morning, and afternoon, packing-sheet, tepid bath; noon, douche, three minutes.
After six weeks treatment, strong redness and much pain to the conjunctiva; douche omitted.
Sitz-baths of from an hour to an hour and a half; foot-baths; cold wet bandages to the eye, which became effected.
Then sweating processes, with wet bandages to the head, which afforded relief.
Alternate tepid, cold and tepid baths for a quarter of an hour; immediately after the packing-sheet, foot-bath and water poured over the ancle. Eyes still red; foot-bath resorted to three times a day, followed by rubbing sheet, instead of the bath and bandage to the eye. Eyes could bear the light. Patient’s appetite good and sleep sound. At night his arms, head, and most of his body were covered with bandages.
In three weeks, patient’s whole body covered with an eruption; recourse again had to the packing-sheet and tepid bath twice a day. From this time health improved daily.