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Natural therapy : a manual of physiotherapeutics and climatology /
Natural Therapy: A Manual of Physiotherapeutics and Climatology discusses natural ways of healing and treating certain diseases and disorders. The authors discuss the use of water in bath-treatments as used by John Smedley, Winternitz, or through methods known as ""Kaltwasser Kuranstalten,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
John Wright and Sons, Ltd.,
1913.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Natural Therapy: A Manual of Physiotherapeutics and Climatology; Copyright Page; PREFACE TO SECOND ISSUE.; PREFACE TO FIRST ISSUE.; Table of Contents; LIST OF PLATES.; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.; FOREWORD.; SECTION I.- The Use of Water in the Treatment of Disease.; CHAPTER I. THE HISTORY OF BATHING.; Color Plate; CHAPTER II. HYDROTHERAPY.; GENERAL PRINCIPLES.; GENERAL EFFECT OF HYDROTHERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS.; THE INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF WATER.; IRRIGATION.; CHAPTER III. ON THE TAKING OF BATHS.; GENERAL PRECAUTIONS AS TO THE TAKING OF BATHS.
- THE TECHNIQUE OF BATHS, PARTIAL AND GENERAL. THE DRIP SHEET.; DOUCHES.; CHAPTER IV. THE TECHNIQUE OF COMPRESSES, PACKS, POULTICES, ETC.; THE WET COMPRESS.; THE VARIOUS COMPRESSES IN USE.; THE WET PACK.; THE DRY PACK.; FOMENTATIONS AND POULTICES.; CHAPTER V. THE NAUHEIM BATHS.; THE EFFECT OF THE BATHS AND EXERCISES ON THE CIRCULATORY ORGANS.; THE SCHOTT-NAUHEIM EXERCISES.; CHAPTER VI. PEAT, FANGO, AND OTHER MEDICATED BATHS.; SAND BATHS.; BRINE BATHS (Sool-Bader).; MEDICATED BATHS.; SECTION II.-Heat and Light in the Treatment of Disease.; CHAPTER VII. THERMOTHERAPY.; GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
- SOME PHYSICAL FACTS IN REGARD TO LUMINOUS RADIANT HEAT. CHAPTER VIII. HOT-AIR, STEAM, AND TURKISH BATHS.; THE HOT-AIR CABINET BATH.; THE STEAM CABINET BATH.; THE TURKISH BATH.; CHAPTER IX. PHOTOTHERAPY.; THE ELECTRIC-LIGHT BATH.; THE ROENTGEN X RAYS.; THE FINSEN LIGHT.; SECTION III.-Massage, Etc., in the Treatment of Disease.; CHAPTER X. MASSOTHERAPY.; GENERAL RULES.; GENERAL MASSAGE.; VIBRATION BY MECHANICAL MEANS.; CHAPTER XI. THE REST CURE.; SECTION IV.-Electricity in the Treatment of Disease.; CHAPTER XII. GALVANISM AND FARADISM.; HISTORICAL SUMMARY.
- GENERAL USE OF ELECTRICITY IN MEDICINE. SOURCES OF ELECTRICITY FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES.; THE GALVANIC OR CONTINUOUS CURRENT.; CURRENT FROM THE MAIN.; GENERAL TECHNIQUE OF GALVANIZATION.; FARADISM, OR THE INTERRUPTED CURRENT.; THE TECHNIQUE OF FARADIZATION.; CHAPTER XIII. SINUSOIDAL CURRENTS. HYDRO
- ELECTRIC BATHS. STATIC ELECTRICITY.; SINUSOIDAL CURRENTS.; THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC BATH.; FRICTIONAL OR STATIC ELECTRICITY.; CHAPTER XIV. HIGH-FREQUENCY CURRENTS.; SECTION V.-Diet in the Treatment of Disease.; CHAPTER XV. GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND COMPOSITION OF FOOD.
- COMPOSITION OF COMMON ARTICLES OF FOOD (after Einhorn). ANIMAL FOODS.; VEGETABLE FOODS.; THE INFLUENCE OF COOKING ON THE DIGESTIBILITY OF CERTAIN FOODS.; TEA AND COFFEE.; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.; RELATIVE DIGESTIBILITY OF FOODS.; CHAPTER XVI. DIET IN HEALTH AND IN THE INDIVIDUAL.; CHAPTER XVII. DIET IN DISEASE.; ANEMIA.; CARDIAC DISEASE.; DIABETES.; GASTRIC DISEASE AND INSUFFICIENCY.; CONSTIPATION.; DIARRHOEA.; GOUT.; OBESITY.; PHTHISIS.; RENAL DISEASE AND ALBUMINURIA.; CHAPTER XVIII. SPECIAL DIET CURES.; THE SALISBURY SYSTEM.; THE BANTING SYSTEM.; THE DRY CURE.; THE MILK CURE.; THE WHEY CURE.