Excerpt from Year-Book of Therapeutics, Pharmacy Allied Sciences The occurrence of menstruation did not interfere with the regular bathing; but Dr. Merkel states that hereafter menorrhagia will be looked on by him as a counter-indication. In one woman, four months gone in pregnancy, the baths were used regularly and very successfully; she did not abort. In per cent. Of the cases there was a distinct relapse, which persisted from eight to seventeen days, and in which all the symptoms typical of typhus were manifested. In regard to temperature, in no case was the effect of bath negative. In most of the cases the temperature fell from 2 Degrees to 3 Degrees (r. 2) and rarely a result very different from that obtained by Ziemssen, by the use of baths gradually cooled. The fall of temperature obtained by him was much less, but was much more persistent. In most of the cases of Dr. Merkel the temperature would rise to the bathing point again in three hours, whilst under Dr. Ziemssen's plan, especially early in the disease, it was often six hours before the bath was again required. Dr. Merkel's experience is, that often-repeated baths, if only very short, are not very disagreeable to the patient, and agrees with that of Lieber meister, that frequently-repeated short baths are better than more sel dom and longer ones, and that by far the greatest influence is exerted by the first few minutes of bathing. Also, that the sooner the baths are commenced the, better is the prognosis, and the more effect produced by them, the more favorable are the auguries for the future. As to duration, in true typhus the doctor has not found the time very much shortened but the chief end gained has been great lessening of mor tality, and great immediate relief to the patient's distress - Deutsches Archie fu'ff Klin. Med. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.