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«nd the patient restored to health. And in all 

 cases, after the first course of medicine, sliould 

 the disease return, the same course must be pur- 

 sued with such variations as may be suggested 

 to the nilnd of the operator by carfully perusing 

 the dim rent parts of this work, and the patient 

 must be taken thmugh an other and an other 

 course of mt-dicine as directed above; until a 

 complete victory is gain* d over the disease, and 

 the patient is restored lo health. Remarks. If 

 the practitit>ner should find the pationt in such 

 asiluation as nt.tto be able to stand over the 

 steam, it may be performed while lying in bed; 



Hii^ may be done by healing three st«mes, putting 

 t'lem in water until they are sufficiently cool; 

 then wrap them up in wet cloths, put one to each 

 8ide and an other at the feet, and if any faint- 

 ing comes on, wet the face and stomach with 

 cold water, and pursue the same course as 

 is directed above. For steaming persons in bed, 

 and those who are so weak as to be unable to 

 stand, the best articles for that pur|)OS, is while 

 oak blocks, or large chips which should be put 

 itito a pot of boiling water and suflVred to re- 

 main until they are iiotthriMigh, and then wrap- 

 ped in one or two thickness of wet colth and 

 placed arotind the patient. This is much better 

 far steaming a perscui in bed than stones; for they 

 not only produce a sufficient quantity of vapor 



but that which they do produce is highly med- 



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