Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Hydrothermic Remedies...

Use:

• Hot Tub Bath
• Ice Massage for acute and local pain
• Fomentations

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

Without swelling - If swollen see Swollen Painful Joints

In:

• Lithemia
• Rheumatoid Arthritis - 2

Treatment Method:

• Revulsive Compress 3x daily followed by ...
  • Deep Massage of limb above joint and light Centrifugal Friction of the joint
  • Dry Pack or Cotton Poultice during interval

2. above and

• Local Vapor Bath
• local Electric Light Bath

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Without swelling (If swollen see Swollen Painful Joints )

Without inflammation (if inflamed see Rheumatic Pains )

Treatment:

• Analgesic
  • anode Galvanic Current
    • in legs - Half Bath or Leg Pack
    • in hips - Dana's Areas 16
  • Scotch Articular Douche
  • Hot Douche
  • hot Percussion Douche
  • Revulsive Fan Douche
  • Vapor Douche
  • Local Hot Air Bath
  • Russian Bath
  • local Electric Light Bath in chronic incurable cases
  • Fomentations
• Antithermic
  • Fog Douche
• Derivative
  • cold Massage Douche
• Derivative Hot Tub Bath - in multiple joints
  • Mud Baths

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

without swelling (If swollen see Swollen Painful Joints)

In:

• Undulant Fever
  • Fomentations to painful area BID with...
  • Hot Foot Bath followed by...
  • Cold Mitten Friction
• Tabes Dorsalis
  • very hot Fomentations followed by
  • Heating Compress