Rational hydrotherapy : a manual of the physiological and therapeutic effects of hydriatic procedures, and the technique of their application in the treatment of disease . THE TECHNIQUE OF HYDROTHERAPY. 619 cold wet friction may be employed safely, even when morevigorous measures are contraindicated. Contraindications.— The sweating pack must be avoidedin eruptive disorders, in the exanthemata after the eruptionappears, in advanced cases of cardiac or BrigJifs disease,in anemia, feeble neurasthcitics, diabetics with emaciation,rJieiimatic gout, genexdX cictaiieoiLS hyperesthesia, and in febril
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Rational hydrotherapy : a manual of the physiological and therapeutic effects of hydriatic procedures, and the technique of their application in the treatment of disease . THE TECHNIQUE OF HYDROTHERAPY. 619 cold wet friction may be employed safely, even when morevigorous measures are contraindicated. Contraindications.— The sweating pack must be avoidedin eruptive disorders, in the exanthemata after the eruptionappears, in advanced cases of cardiac or BrigJifs disease, in anemia, feeble neurasthcitics, diabetics with emaciation, rJieiimatic gout, genexdX cictaiieoiLS hyperesthesia, and in febrilestates in which accumulation of bodily heat is decidedly con-traindicated. THE DRY PACK. In this application the patient is completely enveloped in 1192dry blankets, the head only being excluded, the purposebeing to lessen heat elimination, and thus produce an accu-mulation of bodily heat, and in some cases to induce per-spiration. Requisites.— A bed or couch with a comfortable mattress, a number of dry woolen blankets, bottles or rubber bags forhot water, hot sand bags, or other convenient means ofapplying dry heat to the body. riethod.— The pillow and sever