Popular Science Monthly 



899 



Using Brine Baths as a Cure for 

 Shell Shock 



MANY officers and men are returning to 

 England suffering severely from shell 

 shock and other ailments contracted in the 

 trenches. The peculiar nervous condition 

 in which these men find themselves is 

 difficult to treat. At Droitwich, England, 

 are some remark- 

 able natural brine , 

 baths which have 

 done much to re- 

 store these un- 

 fortunate victims 

 of the war to 

 their normal 

 state. 



The treatment 

 consists of a num- 

 ber of baths such 

 as douche, needle 

 and spray. Men 

 who are able to 

 swim are encour- 

 aged to use the 

 swimming baths. 

 There are a num- 

 ber of these. In 

 cases of rheuma- 

 tism and frost- 

 bite much relief has been obtained through 

 the use of a brine spray and massage. The 

 attendant has a hose attached to his arm so 

 that he can massage and spray the patients 

 at the same time. This hose is used to 

 spray the more delicate portions of the 

 body. At the same time, a stronger spray 

 from a wall-shower, shown at the back of 

 the patient being treated in the illustration, 

 keeps the entire body well doused. At first 

 the brine spray is applied warm. The invig- 

 orating effect is soon felt, however, and after 

 a few treatments the patient is able to stand 

 a cooler temperature. Soon he enjoys a 

 cold spray, and before may days 

 have passed at the baths he is able 

 to carry on his own treatment in 

 the swim- 

 ming pool. Valve- 



More 

 than 22,000 

 cases have 

 been treated 

 at the 

 Droitwich 

 salt baths 

 free of 

 charge. 



A soldier suffering from shell shock being given 

 a brine bath and massage at the same time 



Two Locomotives Supply Heat to a 

 Manufacturing Plant 



A LARGE manufacturing plantat Arling- 

 ton, New Jersey, was cold as a refrig- 

 erator one winter's morning and there was 

 no immediate relief in sight. It seemed as 

 if the three eight-hour shifts of three thou- 

 sand employees might have to 

 be dismissed. 

 There was no 

 time to install a 

 new heating 

 plant; besides 

 that would have 

 been too costly. 

 The superintend- 

 ent wanted just 

 enough steam to 

 furnish heat for a 

 few hours. 



Two Erie loco- 

 motives were 

 placed on a side- 

 track, a steam 

 line connection 

 was made be- 

 tween the hot 

 water pipes and 

 the steam dome 

 of each engine, 

 and the plant was heated at an expense of 

 fifty dollars for the day, which was the cost 

 of the engines and fuel. Valves were placed 

 at the points shown in the drawing to enable 

 the source of steam to be controlled. Cold 

 water was supplied to the tenders by an 

 underground pipe. 



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. safety valve 



Steam line to 

 factor y/jbuijding 



Safety valve 

 Steam dome 



■ Supply valve J 

 told water to tender ' ■ ■- 



Cold water supply to tender for Mer f eed 



How two locomotives supplied steam heat to the three thousand shivering workmen 

 of a manufacturing plant last winter when the heating system was out of order 



