This is a combination of the electric and the vapor bath, the
electricity being applied to the body by means of the sponge, and
metallic plates covered with moistened cloths. It is a valuable
appliance if carefully used; but, like all effective modes of treatment,
it is very liable to excessive use, which becomes abuse. It has been
very highly lauded by certain specialists, and doubtless its value has
been unstintedly exaggerated. It is perhaps not well proven that its
effects are greatly superior to the effects of the vapor bath and
electric bath administered separately; and the latter mode would be more
convenient, though consuming a little more time.