An account of the new and successful treatment of indigestion, bilious and nervous complaints, deafness, blindness, etc / by M. La Beaume ... with cases to prove the medical efficacy of his portable sudatory or warm-air bath.

  • La Beaume, Michael.
Date:
1821
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Credit: An account of the new and successful treatment of indigestion, bilious and nervous complaints, deafness, blindness, etc / by M. La Beaume ... with cases to prove the medical efficacy of his portable sudatory or warm-air bath. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the lameness this complaint produced, prevented the patient from taking that share of exercise which he certainly required, i now resolved to employ the Air-pump Vapour-bath ; this I did with the happiest results. The satisfactory ef- fects produced were an increase of perspiration in the body, and warmth in the parts affected ; the left leg and foot felt more comfortable, and he enjoyed a perfect freedom from pain : indeed, the benefits he obtained were so very great, as soon to render the use of the Air-pump Vapour- bath no longer necessary. The sensations of the patient, as he described them, during the process of fomentation, was a soothing feeling, strongly inclining him to sleep ; but that of the exhaustion, an obtuse pain, suddenly shooting from the thigh down to the toes. On the following morning he declared him- self free from any remains of his complaint, and took leave of me as a patient. This gentleman having soon after imprudently exposed himself to the chilling damps of a night air, in an open carriage, he experienced a slight return of his rheumatic complaint. I employed the Air-pump Vapour-bath once more for his recovery, which was a second time happily and fully accom- plished. 1 have been since this event frequently favoured with his visits, not only to assure me that his recovery was complete, but to recom- mend several respectable individuals to my care