436 NETTLE-BASH. 



NETTLE-RASH. 



Nettle-rash is to be treated actively, according to the symptoms. 

 The tepid and warm baths are valuable; so also tne wet pack. 



FELON. 



Keeping the inflamed member constantly immersed in ice-cold 

 water forms the most effectual means of arresting the inflammation 

 and preventing its rising to a head; and that this mode is certain to 

 subdue the pain 'most effectually, every one who has the opportunity 

 may test for himself. This is an affection in which we have a per- 

 fect demonstration of the great power of cold water to quell pain. 

 Severe as it may be, we immerse the part in very cold water, when 

 all at once the pain grows less and soon dies away. Keep it thus 

 immersed, taking care to have the water very cold, and the pain 

 does not return. 



FLATULENCE. 



Treatment The great thing is to remove the cause or causes 

 of the disorder as far as they may be known. The case should be 

 managed in all respects like one of dyspepsia. Clysters, sitting 

 baths, and the wet girdle are highly serviceable. If the patient can 

 avail himself of the advantages of a thorough hydropathic course at 

 an establishment, so much the better. 



FAINTING-FIT. 



Sprinkle a little cold water in the .face, give a little to drink, 

 and wait patiently for Nature to take care of herself. 



SCARLET FEVER. 



The disease has been cut short by taking the patient out of bed 

 and pouring cold water upon him. The heat of the body is so great 

 in this disease, that no danger is to be apprehended from the cold 

 affusion. It is true, there are cases where the patient is more or 

 less chilly ; but if in this affection the general rule I laid down in 

 the case of common fever be followed, there is no danger whatever, 

 but the greatest advantage, in taking the patient out of bed (how- 

 ever hot he may be) and pouring cold water upon him. I have a 

 preference in this disease for the dripping wet sheet used at least 

 three times a day and in severe cases oftener. Dr. Danforth, 

 of Milwaukee, Wis., has used compresses wet in a solution of car- 

 bonate of soda, which he applies constantly over the whole body, 

 changing them as often as they become dry. From the results 

 obtained by him, I should not hesitate to resort to this pro- 

 cedure in a severe case, but in mild cases it would hardly be neces- 

 sary to keep the patient so closely confined to the bed, as this would 

 necessitate. 



