The Woodhall or Iodine Spa, Lincolnshire / by Robert Cuffe.

  • Cuffe, Robert.
Date:
1868
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Woodhall or Iodine Spa, Lincolnshire / by Robert Cuffe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the small quantity of Iodine diffused through the vapour would be useful to stimulate the absorption of deposits, such as tuber¬ cle, &c., &c. The simplest way of using it would be to admit the vapour into the bath-room; the patient would then be obliged to breathe it, and may either be on a sofa or walking gently about the room, as is most agreeable to the feelings. This mode of using the vapour has been not unhappily termed a “ lung bath,” and is likely to be very useful in the early stage of phthisis, and as a prophylactic where pulmonary disease is apprehended. A simple and convenient apparatus for applying the vapour bath, invented by Mr. Bollens, of Leamington, may be obtained at Messrs. Maw’s, Aldersgate Street, London. In a sketch like this, it has been barely possible to enume¬ rate the diseases that may be healed at Woodhall; and in many instances more complete details have been considered unsuitable. It is hoped that medical men will excuse the shortcomings, and bear in mind in certain cases the possibility of obtaining for their patients very great relief where the mere administration of medicine has failed. In conclusion, it only remains to be said that whoever has recourse to Woodhall, if the case be a suitable one, may derive very great benefit, and be quite certain of receiving every attention. /