Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

afraid they could not be thoroughly i'm
pressed with the absolute necessity OF 60
Ing slow. Every movement Should be made
! as slowly as possible, and the rests between
each movement are quite as important as
the movement itself. On the other hand,
believe the cure can be carried on with even
better effect in America than in Germany.
Schott has no exclusive right to the baths.
They are public affairs, under the control
OF the government, and there are twenty
doctors in Nauheim giving the treatment.
The baths, too, are open only during the
summer months. In America our excellent
plumbing arrangements are welf adapted to
the purpose In Nauheim the patients have
to go in the daytime and stand around in the
open, waiting to ccol off Here we give the
baths at bedtime, with much greater effect.
The difficulty of procuring a substitute for
the Nauheim salts will have to be bridged by
the family physician. ! believe the crystal
liZed product of the baths can be imported,
but the ingredients can be produced chem
ically II you can obtain sea salt, chloride
of calcium bicarbonate of soda, muratic
acid and bath tub, you will have all of the
essentials of the Nauheim bath, but | should
not care to put these chemicals into he
hands of the inexperienced layman. He
might do damage to himself and the tub.
Better go to a chemist and nave him mix
you up the Necessary ingredients Almost
any doctor should be able to give the pre-
scription, The bath should be only slightly
saline at first, gradually increasing in
strength as the days go forward. DO not
attempt the strong solution at first, or 1t
might have bad effects. After ALL the best
way is simply to go to your family physician
and tell him you want the Naunelri treat
ment II he is up to date he viii be able
to give it to you without sending you to
Germany.
Success Under Certain Conditions.
Personally, / have had no bad results
from the Nauheim treatment. On the con-
trary | feel that 1t introduces new era
in cardiac therapeutics. But in saying this
must state that success means that the
patient must surrender himself to require
ments CT systematic course, and the ply
sician must have daily acquaintance with
the condition Of his patient. There should
be definite system as to diet, baths, ETC.,
but the physician must be pIepareu I. ..., -
fy them IL necessary, and that means ia
every case. The best results are, OF
course, obtained by baths and exercises
combined, but the exercises will accomplish
good results without baths. though the
course will be longer.
I'm connection with this treatment | have
auopteu new ana simple methcu OF snow
ing the size and position of the heart
draw on the skin with a pencil a line
through the nipple and vertical line from
the apisternal notch TO the umbilcus.
then trace out by percussion the outline OF
the heart, and indicate the position of the
apex with an X. ! then apply tracing paper
TO the chest and trace the drawing through
on the paper At each examination | make
similar tracing. In this way have an
accurate diagram of the heart showing
the changes it undergoes from time to
time. In Germany, as the treatment goes
on, X-ray photographs are taken of each
patient, so that radical changes in the organs
OF the body may be watched"