Professional paper

Indications for thermal treatment

Drago Čop

Abstract

The main indications for thermal treatment are rheumatism, diseases of the digestive organs, children diseases, nerve and women diseases. Setting up indications it is important to know the disease and its stage as well as the patients condition in an acute stage of the illness and when the patients condition docs not allow it, thermal treatment is not recommended. Thermal treatment demands a certain reserve streght of the patient. In this case only it is possible to transform the organism by thermal incitement which is needed for the cure or improvent or the illness. Concealed forces become active. The subacute hypergic stage or the illness and the weakness of the patient demand a sparing thermal treatment. Torpid forces need strong incitments. Salty waters have the mildest efficacy, then sulphuric, radioactive, turf and muddy baths. Some waters have an almost specific effect: C02 arsenic, iodic waters.

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Hrčak ID:

188964

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/188964

Publication date:

25.3.1947.

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