Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-06-13
HOT AIR BATH
Simple Way Of Aiding Kidneys That
Are Wakened.

S'NPiS way or AIDING kidneys That
Are Weakened.
When the kiduNvS are diseased and
therefore cannot do their rull duty,
the'stin Is urged 60 do double work
by means OF hot afr baths,
A simple home way to give such a
bath, and one requiring no great
amount of apparatus, is as follows;
Gather together a wooden chair
with r cane or perforated scat, four
blankets, an alcohol lamp, small tin
pan, n foot tub or deep basin, small
towel and two large ones. good
supply OF hot and cold water. q paper
Of strong pins, and something hot FOR
your patient to drink, as hot lemonade,
saffron tea, hot water. etc. II in ad.
dtton TO these things YOU can procure
a large piece Of oilcloth (take the
cover Of tho kitchen tablet or
macintosh, Il viii be an advantage,
Get every ono Of these things placed
to your hand and see that your lamp
IS fun before YOU begin,
Remove all the patients clothing.
Pin n blanket around hor and place
her In the chair. allowing the blanket
20 fall over tho back of the chair. Put
her feet Ia the small tub In which
YOU have about foot of water MS hot
rs she can bear Il.
Now pin the ollcloth round tho chair
and up over the knees, letting it come
well TO tho ground and reaching up az
high MS II win. Light your lamp, put
It In the tin pan and SO place Il under
tho chair
Put on the other three blankets, the
first one in front covering tho foot tub
and knees, the second ono from the
back 20 meet this, and the third one
over the chest and shoulders around
outside the back of tho chair
Wet your small towel In cold water
ana put Il on the head turban fashion.
bringing II well down on the forehead,
Give your patient the hot drink, of
course not allowing her TO get hand
from under cover to help herself.
Tho bath Is now established, but IL
you are not person who can move
very quickly You should have an
assistant, for you require TO keep
changing the cold head Dwell quite
often, assisting the patient with hot
drinks tthrco or four glasRos OF which
she ought to take during u BATH, and
every few moments adding hot water
to the foot bath to keep Il just as hot
ms the patient can bear aud also TO
keep moving the lamp about, M there
Is danger Of scorching the skin Il the
flame ts continually directed on one
spot
Your assistant can ill and put IN the
bed two hot water bottles, one for the
feet and one 10 place at the small of
the back Also arrange the bed so as
TO have the patient between blankets,
Let her accomplish this az soon as she
can, so M TO have the bed thoroughly
warm whom the patient returns To It.
Twenty to thirty minutes IL usually
long enough to keep patient IN this
bath, aud less time than this II she
gets ut all exhausted.
When ready TO leave the bath, re.
move the lamp and begin drying at
the face ana neck then arms chest
and back ana SO On down, taking care
to expose tho surface as little rs posi-.
bile, and rubbing vigorously. During
this drying process 1t Is an advantage
to have two people When you have
got rs far as the waist dry, put on the
undoryost and gown, and pin blanket
around tho shoulders. when all dry
get hcr into bed as soon us you can
, and Let her rest, taking care that she
Is well covered mp with extra covers
and removing these by degrees as she
cools Off Charlotte g. Eastwood In
March Ledger Monthly.