Balnea. Baths.

Preparations: 

Other tomes: Petersen - King's

The quantity for a full-sized bath is usually 30 gallons. The temperature at which the medicinal baths are given is from 35° to 40° unless otherwise stated. For a cold bath (Balneum Frigidum) the patient is placed in water at 35° and the temperature of the water is lowered to 15° by the addition of ice. A tepid bath (Balneum Tepidum) is given at from 30° to 35°; a hot bath (Balneum Calidum) at from 37° to 43°. Effervescing baths are given at a slightly lower temperature than ordinary baths, the effervescence giving to the patient an increased sense of warmth.


The British Pharmaceutical Codex, 1911, was published by direction of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.