On the Portable Sudatory, or hot-air-bath; with cases illustrative of its medical powers in various disorders, and its great utility in cholera morbus, with directions for its administration; together with remarks on the applicability of galvanism in the first stage of that disease / By M. La Beaume, medical-galvanist and electrician in ordinary to the King.

  • La Beaume, Michael.
Date:
1832
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Credit: On the Portable Sudatory, or hot-air-bath; with cases illustrative of its medical powers in various disorders, and its great utility in cholera morbus, with directions for its administration; together with remarks on the applicability of galvanism in the first stage of that disease / By M. La Beaume, medical-galvanist and electrician in ordinary to the King. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    obstructions removed, which occasion and per¬ petuate disease. The great convenience of this remedy is obvious, especially for prompt appli¬ cation in cases of emergency; while the time usually spent in procuring* a wooden or tin bath, the trouble of conveying* it to the sick room, the tedious and imperfect modes of regu¬ lating* the temperature ot the water,-—and? above all, the aggravation of the disorder at¬ tending the removal of the patient from bed, frequently counterbalance all the good effects of the common hot-bath. In proof of the singular efficacy of this Sudatory, I might quote the first medical au¬ thorities of former years; I might refer to a recent production of an eminent medical writer j or 1 might allude to its extensive employment on the Continent, as well as to its application in certain hospitals of this country : but I prefer giving a few striking facts which have occurred in my own practice, under the eye of some of the most respectable medical practitioners, who have sought my aid, and who have been gratified at the surprising results which have immediately followed its use.