262 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
determination of blood to the head, inflammation in the 
throat, or other parts adjacent. The foot baths should be 
continued for ten or fifteen minutes; the hip bath about the 
same time. This latter is more particulaaly applicable to 
female complaints. 
No. 9, SHeet Batu.—Obtain a light sheet, or table-cloth 
or towel if fora child. Let it be suitable to the size of the 
patient. Dip it into cold or lukewarm water, wring it tightly 
out, spread it on a double blanket, and then lay the patient 
naked in it. Roll it quickly round him, and inclose it 
completely with the external blanket, tucking it well in at the 
neck and feet, so that no part of the moist sheet is protruding 
out. Cover over with other blankets, &c., tucking them well 
in to keep out the air. As the patient gets warm and begins 
to perspire, sponge the face with a little cold water from time 
to time. Medicine to help to produce perspiraiion, or cold 
water for the same purpose, may be given whilst the patient is 
in the sheet. This application is second only to the vapour 
bath for producing perspiration and allaying fever. For 
children it is superior, because so much more readily applied, 
The patient should remain in it for two, four, or six hours, 
until a free moisture is produced upon the skin. The hotter 
the skin of the patient when the sheet is applied, the happier 
will be the effect produced by it. When the patient is taken 
out ot the sheet, he should be sponged over with cold salt 
water, Or vinegar and water, and rubbed dry briskly with a 
towel, the same as when taken out of the vapour bath. 
No. 10, Sea Batu.—The virtues of this bath are well- 
known. Sometimes when other treatment fails, sea bathing 
will cure. When the weather is sufficiently temperate, it may 
be indulged in; but in the case of children and delicate 
persons, the water may be brought in doors, and the chill taken 
off it in very cold weather. We have found it particulary 
useful in cases of seminal weakness. 
