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20 minutes For a foot-bath, add ' z ounce of nitric 

 acid an>l 1 ounce of HC1 to 4 gallons of warm water. 

 This is said to be useful in cases of dyspepsia with 

 sluggish liver and constipation. B., Air, a bath in 

 which but little water is employed, the body being 

 Iv to the air It i- employed in those 



- in which there 1- a tendency to catch cold from 

 undue facility to perspire. B., Alcohol, one in dilute 



hoi, used i" reduce temperature in fever. B., 



Alkaline, add > ounces ol potassium carbonate, 



,,r rbonate, to 25 or }> gallons of 



hot water. It i- used in chronic squamous skin 



-. chronic rheumatism, and lithemia. It 



ild be taken in a wooden, earthenware, or 



in. lied bath. B., Arsenical, bath.- at a tem- 

 from 90 to 07 F., containing a small 

 quantity <>!' arsenic. They arc used onally in 



the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. B., Blanket, 

 a method employed in chronic nephritis i>> stimulate 

 the diaphoretic action of the skin. The patient is 

 placed in bed and closely wrapped in blankets, a hut 

 iltice being applied at the same time to the loins, 

 and renewed a- often a- it becomes cool. B., Blood, 



consisting of the blood of an animal, freshly shed. 

 B., Bog, a bath formed by mixing bog-earth (gener- 

 al :d by the decomposition of plant- in tin- presence of 

 water and found at iron and sulphur springs) with 

 warm water to form a pulpy or mushy consistence. 

 This as a mud bath. B., Borax, borax, 4 



ounces; glycerin, three ounces; water, thirty gal- 

 lon-, h i- used in the same class of cases a- the bran 

 bath. B., Bran, boil one pound of bran in one gal- 

 lon of water, strain, and add thirty gallons of water. 

 This 1- a soothing and emollient bath, and i- of service 

 in squamous and irritable conditions of the skin. B., 

 Brand ; Cold bath. The tub is Idled with water of 

 The patient is given a stimulant of one half 

 to two ounces of brandy, the face and chest are 

 laved witli ice-water, and then he is gently placed 

 in the water. The attendant- -hould gently pass the 

 flattened outstretched hand- over successive parts of 

 the body to dilate the superficial cutaneous vessels. 

 Remove the patient as soon as the teeth begin to 

 chatter, or if cyanosis of the lips or face appears. 

 Usually the bath -hould be continued fifteen minutes. 

 Then the patient is laid wet on a sheet and quickly 

 wrapped from head to foot, then dried in live minutes 

 and hot water applied to the feet. See Treatment, 

 Met B., Chemical, in chemistry, an appara- 



tus for regulating the temperature of chemical pro- 

 cesses by surrounding the substance with water, sand, 

 oil, or mercury, through which the heat i- communi- 



1. B., Cold. See B., Brand. B., Corrosive- 

 sublimate, made by adding mercuric chlorid 

 three drams, and IK'l one dram, to 30 gallons 



vater. It i- -ometimes of service in secondary 



riilis and in certain skin-diseases. B., Creasote, 

 composed of creasote three drams, glycerin four 

 outi water 30 gallon-. It i- used in squamous 



skin diseasi - B., Electro-therapeutic, a bath fur- 

 nished with suitable elect •■ d used in theappli 

 tion of electricity for curative purposes. B., Foot, 

 a bath for tl mly. This i- used as a derivative 

 agent in cases of cold, etc. B., Full, this cons 

 of a tub about two-third- full of water, the duration 

 and temperature beinj I to the purpose in view. 

 The patient's body may ]>•■ entirely covered by wal 

 so that his chin just (dear- it. B., Gelatin, dissolve 

 one pound of common glue in hot water, and add lie 

 solution to the plain bath, or to the bran bath, and 

 use in the same cl as the latter B., 

 Graduated Full, a modification of the brand bath. 



1 he tub 1- idled with sufficient warm water to cover 



two thud- of the recumbent body. The patient is 



then laid in and the temperature gradually lowered by 



the addition of cold oi ice water, while warm water is 



being removed. Friction is practised, as in the Brand 



lath. This bath lasts half an hour, and the water 

 -hould be reduced to 68 a- rapidly a- possible, B., 

 Half, the patient is seated in a tub containing eight 

 or ten inches oi water ol a temperature suited to the 



ea-e. A wet towel is tied around the head, and the 

 bath water i- poured and dashed Over the back, head, 



and shoulders with the attendant's right hand, while 

 friction i- practised with the left, and the patient does 



the same on the an' rtion oi the body. The 



temperature of the water may be lowered if a mi 



decided impression i- desired. The bath i- continued 

 for from five to twenty minutes with active friction. 

 It is indicated in all fevers involving a depressed ner- 

 vous system, as shown by ataxia, deli rum, or coma. B., 

 Herb, made by using the extract oi pine needle-, or 

 of some aromatic herbs. The bath i- used as a tonic. 

 B., Hip. See />'. , Site. B., Hot, the temperature 

 from 104 to no F. It acts upon the -kin, 

 producing free perspiration, and accelerates the pulse 

 and respiration. B., Hot-air; Turkish bath; the 

 patient i- placed in a box (French method), hi- head 

 being outside, and the box is filled with hot air furnished 

 be a lamp. In the- ordinary l'urki.-h bath tin- patient i- 

 compelled to inhale the air within a closed compart- 

 ment. Hot air baths can be borne of a much higher 

 temperature than vapor baths. They provoke more 

 profuse sweating, and raise the temperature of the 

 body to a great<r 1 -.tent. They are useful as a 

 diaphoretic, and in catarrhal, neuralgic, and rheumatic 

 conditions. They are contraindicated, as is also the 

 vapor bath, in fatty degeneration of the heart. B., 

 Iron, half an ounce oT sulphate of iron to four 

 gallons ol water. Use in an earthenware or wooden 

 vessel. This is valuable for strumous or rachitic 

 children. B., Medicated, a bath in which medicinal 

 substances, as mineral -alt. sulphur, etc., are dis- 

 solved or held in suspension. B., Mercurial, for 

 the treatment of syphilis. Calomel, 20 to 60 grain-. 

 or a mixture of 15 grains of calomel and 20 grains 

 of cinnabar are fused over a water bath. The 

 patient i- -tripped and enveloped in one or more 

 blankets, or a mackintosh or India rubber blanket 

 lined with flannel. The lamp and mercury are placed 

 under his chair, and the former lighted. In a few 

 minutes perspiration i- induced and the sublimed 

 calomel is deposited upon the body. Twentyto thirty 

 minutes are sufficient for a bath, after which the patient 

 i- allowed to cool ofl slowly, This is best taken before 

 retiring. B., Milk, a bath in milk, for nutritive pur- 

 poses. B., Moor, a bath in water mixed with the earth 

 of moors. B., Mud, a bath prepared by mixing well- 

 I earth-, containing more or less mineral 

 matter, with water containing the same substano 

 d he body is surrounded with this mixture at various 

 temperatures from 9 »° to too . The path nl 1- then 

 rinsed with warm water. This is of value in some Utei 

 ine diseasi 5, and in obstinate rheumatism. B., Mus- 

 tard, made bj em losing two to four ounces of ordinary 

 mustard in a piece of muslin or thin linen and hang 

 ingit in about four gallons of hot water until the latter 

 becomes yellow. It i- u-ci\ a- a general bath for 

 infant- in collapse, convulsions, or severe bronchitis, 

 the child being left in until the -kin becomes distinctly 

 reddened. It i- also used as a fool or -it/ bath in 

 norrhea. B., Pack, or Sheet, one in which the 

 body is wrapped in cloths. B., Permanent. Sei 

 />'.. Warm. B., Pine, prepared by adding a decoction 



