Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-01

and children are being bathed, some Of
them in brine, others in water which Is
hardly brackish. The newcomer is given a
simple bath in the water of the springs,
which has been freed from carbonic acid
and diluted with fresh warm water. After
few days the fresh warm water is left out
and he gets the spring water at normal
temperature, but with most of the carbouic
acid extracted. Next he is put into a bath
tub which IS charged with the salts and car
bonfc just as 1t energies from the earth.
The fourth and final stage of the bathing
seanceS calls for bath like the one lust
mentioned except that the water is allowed
to run in and out of the tub constantly.
None but quite vigorous person can take
this form of bath without Hl-effect. These
baths are really the first stage of exercise
treatment. and they are given to diminish
the frequency and to increase the force of
the Pulse beat.
Value of the Baths.
when the patient comes for treatment
it is usually found that his heart is clogged
and dilated with blood. The first thing to
40 then, naturally. is draw this blood as far
away from the central organ as possible.
The heated bath IS the beginning of the pro-
cess of withdrawal. The capillaries of The
skin are relieved of their natural store of
blood and some of the oVer-supply in the
heart ruShes out to supply the loss. In the
second stage of the bathing the carhonic
gas numbs the skin, practically it paralyzas
me caplllaries and increases the rush OF
blood from the heart. In the third form of
bath the chloride of calcium sets up an ir-
rltation which makes the body appear as
If covered with nettle rash. 1t is the adj
Vanced sage of the process by which the
heart is relieved of overwork. 1t prepares
me patient Tor the exercise that follows.
A Slow Process.
This treatment is not as MANY might
think, allied to the Swedish movement cure.
AT i-
treatment is q slow process, both in prac-
tee and in development. In fooling with
such a dangerous malady as heart disease
one has to be careful or there might be a
collapse. For this reason l should not ad-
wise any one to undertake the treatment
except under the care of a skilled operator
preferably one who had personally stud
led the German method. If gymnasium in
structors We're to take it up, for instance
l am afraid they could not be thoroughly
impressed with the absolute necessity of
going slow. Every movement should be
made as slowly as possible, and the rests
between each movement are quite as i'm
portGnt as the movement itself. On the
other hand. l believe the cure can be car
rieG 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 Civ
ing the treatment. The baths, too, are open
lea our excellent plumbing arrangements
are well adapted to the purpose. In Maui
helm the patients have to go in the day
time ana stand around in the open, wait
ing to cool off. Here We give the baths at
bedtime with much greater effect. The diff
nculty of procuring a substitute for the
Nauheim salts will have to be bridged by
the family physician. ] believe the crystal
Hzed product of the baths can be imported
but the ingredients can be produced chem
ically. If you can obtain sea salt, chloride
OF calcium, bicarbonate of soda, muriatic
acid and bath tub, you will have all Of
the essentials of the Nauheim bath, but
should not care to put these chemicals into
the hands of the inexperienced layman. He
might do damage to himself and the tub
Better go to a chemist and have him mix
you up the necessary ingredients. Almost
any doctor should be able to give the pre-
scripbon. The bath should be only slight
~ saline at first. gradually increasing in
strength the days go forward. Do not
attempt the strong solution at first or it
might have bad effects After all, the best
way is simply to go to your family phySi-
clan and tell him you want the Nauheim
treatment. If he is up-to-date. he will be
able to give 1t to you without sending you
to Germany