1. For catarrh, bronchitis, pleurisy, inflammation of the lungs,
rheumatism, fever, affections of the bowels and kidneys, and skin diseases,
the vapor-bath is an excellent remedy.
2. APPARATUS.--Use a small alcohol lamp, and place over it a small dish
containing water. Light the lamp and allow the water to boil. Place a
cane-bottom chair over the lamp, and seat the patient on it. Wrap blankets
or quilts around the chair and around the patient, closing it tightly about
the neck. After free perspiration is produced the patient should be wrapped
in warm blankets, and placed in bed, so as to continue the perspiration for
some time.
3. A convenient alcohol lamp may be made by taking a tin box, placing a
tube in it, and putting in a common lamp wick. Any tinner can make one in a
few minutes, at a trifling cost.