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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 588 of 653700 Anaemia, OHgsmia.The atmospheric air is likewise of great importance as a meansof improving the quality of the blood ; the purity of the air andthe quantity of oxygen it contains contribute greatly to the incrof the red corpuscles. If the digestion is at the same time activand a sufficient supply of proper nourishment is introduced intothe organism, bad cases of ansemia are sometimes cured by thesesimple means without medicine. It is more particularly the anaemiof convalescent patients that can be removed in this manner.Anaemic persons residing in crowded cities or in damp and closedistricts where the air is rendered impure by frequent inundationcoal-vapors, decaying vegetable matter, etc., should, if their cicumstances permit, be sent during the warm season into regions ofcountry where the air is pure and rich in oxygen.The dwellings of ansemic persons must be dry, spacious, withfacilities for being easily heated, accessible to sunlight. We knfrom experience that damp and chilly dwellings give rise to avariety of diseases.The clothing of anaemic individuals has to be adapted to theseason and the weather ; the want of animal heat and an extremesensitiveness to changes of temperature make it desirable thatanaemic persons should be warmly clad or, at any rate, that theyshould at all times and places be provided with a supply of thickclothing, so as to be protected against the bad effects of suddenchanges of temperature or of a sudden access of bad weather. Theymust be cautioned against leaving off their winter-clothing toosoon, or against throwing off their cloaks, coats or shawls in coplaces or while covered with perspiration.Anaemic persons who are disposed to sadness and to keep awayfrom company, must be cheered up by pleasant surroundings, quietgames, entertaining books, theatrical representations, frequent bnot too long walks or rides, short journeys, etc.Baths are only useful to anaemic persons if their temperature ispleasant to them. Experience has shown that baths with a temperature of over 88° F. cause a loss of muscular power and bodilyweight in the case of anaemic patients, whereas baths below 60° Fcause chilliness, a loss of animal heat, followed by an excess oftion. For this reason the best plan to be adopted for such patienis to give them tepid baths between 65 and 85° F. only two or thrtimes a week, and only fifteen to twenty minutes to each bath.Swimming may be allowed, provided the patients are sufficientlystrong, and neither are troubled with cough, nor dyspnoea, norCongenital Anaemia. 701diarrhcBa ; the temperature of the river or sea- water must at lebe 57 to 60° F., that of the air at least 64 ; there must be no cor keen wind, nor must the air be damp or chilly. Hydrsemicpatients should not bathe under any circumstances.http://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt