Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

In:

• Acute Nephritis

Treatment Method:

Skin congestion by...

• Hot Blanket Pack, Hot Trunk Pack or Hot Tub Bath continued to perspiration followed by ...
  • Friction but not deep massage, rub till perspiration
  • Maintain skin circulation by Fomentations to lumbar area 30 min every 3-4 hours, Heating Compress to Lumbar spine in interval

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Problems:

• Renal Inactivity
• Visceral Congestion
• Visceral Irritation
• Oedema in:-
  • Smallpox
  • Scarlet Fever
  • Puerperal Complications
  • Diphtheria use
    • Spoliatives

Treatment:

• Cardiac Excitant
• Antiphlogistic
  • anode Galvanic Current
  • Hot and Cold Lumbar Pack
  • Hot and Cold Renal Compress - especially acute
  • prolonged cold Renal Douche
  • Scotch Renal Douche if Albuminuria
• Derivative
  • Derivative Hot Tub Bath
  • Scotch Lumbar Douche with Revulsive to feet and legs or
  • Revulsive Shoulder Douche
• Painful, chronic: - Simultaneous Scotch Douche

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

see Eclampsia

Acute stage:-

• Derivation
  • Fomentations to back; Hot Blanket Pack or Hot Trunk Pack with
    • Ice Bag over lower third of sternum,
    • finished with Cold Mitten Friction to the area heated.
• Depletion by heat alone:
  • large Fomentations from mid to lower back full width