UNCHASTITY 345 



The Cool Sitz Bath, —Place in an ordinary sitz 

 bath tub ( a common washtub may be used by propping 

 up one side of it) a sufficient amount of water to make 

 it about one-third to one-half full. The temperature 

 should be 75° to 65° Fahrenheit. A higher tempera- 

 ture should be used at the beginning of the use of the 

 bath, the temperature being lowered day by day until 

 a temperature of sixty degrees may be readily toler- 

 ated. A foot bath should be prepared with hot water, 

 temperature 102° to 106°. 



Undressing, the patient bathes his head and neck 

 with cold water, then jDlaces himself in the bath with 

 the feet immersed in the hot foot bath. A woolen blan- 

 ket is thrown over all in such a way as to cover the 

 legs, including the foot bath. The duration of the bath 

 may be ten to twenty minutes. The higher the tem- 

 perature, the longer the duration should be; the lower 

 the temperature, the shorter the duration. The hips 

 and abdomen should be well rubbed by the patient 

 during the bath, to prevent chilliness. 



This is an excellent bath for the relief of chronic 

 congestion of the pelvic organs and for hemorrhoids. 

 It should not be employed in cases in which pain or 

 tenderness is a marked sjTuptom. It is useful in cases 

 of diurnal losses, but it should be avoided in cases of 

 frequent nocturnal losses with smarting or burning 

 after urinating, and in cases of irritable bladder, pain- 

 ful prostate, and neuralgia of the ovaries or testicles. 

 It is in general an excellent remedy for chronic pelvic 

 congestions, so-called catarrh of the womb, leucorrhea, 

 uterine prolapse, relaxed abdominal muscles, vari- 

 cocele, seminal weakness, and sexual neurasthenia. 



The Hot Sitz Bath.— The preparation is the same 

 as for the cool sitz bath except that hot water is used 



