Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

General Method:

see Lobar Pneumonia and Pneumonia

In Convalescence:

• Chest Pack night and day
• Graduated Tonic Cold to build resistance

Problems:

• Passive Chest Congestion
• Bronchial Irritation
• Cyanosis
• Heart Failure

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

the common pneumonia of today cf. Lobar Pneumonia

Problems:

• Pulmonary Congestion - especially in early stages and to prevent
  • Vascular Antiphlogistics
  • cold Local Pail Pour
• Inflammation Fever

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

In:

Undulant Fever treat as usual

To maintain blood oxygen:

• keep air in room fresh but warm
• Steam Inhalation
• Fomentations over front of chest and daily to back
  • with 1-2sec Cooling Compress at change
  • with simultaneous Fomentations to legs
  • followed by Cold Mitten Friction to chest in children 2-3X daily until temperature normal or lungs clear
• Hot Tub Bath 38°C followed by, while sitting in tub...
  • Pail Pour 25-32°C depending on vitality to shoulders and chest
• Between above treatments - Dry Pack to chest

In infants:

• Hot Tub Bath 39°C 6min then
  • Heating Pack - crying will assist expectoration after child wakes or if they do not sleep finish with
  • Wet Hand Rub with interval Chest Pack
  • if they sleep remove in 1hour by tepid Sponge
  • if there is cyanosis and chilliness use warm bath as above or sheet pack wrung from warm water as skin must be kept warm.
• Infants do not need extremes of temperature

Streptococcal Pneumonia

• Hot Foot Bath with
• Fomentations to chest followed by
• Cold Mitten Friction in morning, tepid Sponge in the afternoon.
• Dry Pack to chest between
• Enema if needed
• Sponge when temperature over 39°C
• Water Drinking

In Measles - every 3 hours: to improve breathing and expectoration

• Neutral Tub Bath (32-35°C) when warm sit up and...
  • cool Pail Pour (21-24°C) over chest, shoulders and back or
  • Cooling Compress very cold, frequently renewed to chest, repeat 2-4x, last compress remains on for 30-60min or
  • appropriate Sponge, cold or hot depending on type of fever
  • Cold Towel Rub

If high fever

• Cooling Pack

Contra-indications:

• Cold air