"Vapor bath" Quotes from Famous Books
... close by and I had the first vapor bath I had enjoyed since leaving Villa Spinella. After we left the bath Maternus bought three cheap little terra-cotta lamps and a small ... — Andivius Hedulio • Edward Lucas White
... of children, from whatever causes, or the eclampsia from uraemic poisoning, are often readily controlled when immersed in hot water or given a hot vapor bath or corn sweat. If the convulsions of children are accompanied by a high temperature, put them into water of 100 deg. and then gradually cool it down to 68 deg. or 70 deg., and then keep them in a room of the same temperature, with little covering. If the temperature rises, ... — Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 • Various |