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frequcntly to rub the suffering parts with the warm sand of the basin.
If the patient, during the bath, be attacked by feelings of frost or heat, of pressure in the head, or oppressions of the ehest, etc., or if he feel generally unwell, he should leave the balh, and communicate tlie fact to his physician. In undressing and dressing he should take care, not to get cold. After the bath gentle exercise is advisable, still such patients (chiefly gouty and rheumatic persons), who experience an increased perspiration at this time, should remain at home, without, however, forcing on sweats.
During the period of reaction, the patient ought to take the most rigorous care of his body, to respect the dietetic rules given below, and to leave it to his physician whether he should continue or leave off bathing.
Patients suffering of periodical hemorrlioids should leave off bathing for the period of their fluxes. This also applies to the feinale period. All these bathing-rules of course cannot be considered as absolutely binding for every individual; still it would lead to far, to mention the many inodifications required in particular cases. We therefore proceed at once to the exposition of the regiminal rules applicable to both bathers, and brunnen-drinkers.
The most äppropriate time for breakfast is about an hour after bathing, or drinking the last glass of the mineral water. It should consist of one or two cups of coffee, with white bread. There is a particular sort of the latter article prepared at Wildbad, which is excellent, and should be eaten without butter. Chocolade is also admissible, or cocoa and milk, or a basin of broth with bread in it.
After breakfast the invalid may take a little morc exercise, eitlicr on foot, on horseback, or in a carriage: pay his visits and attend to household-affairs. The hours between