Neutral Bath, Curative Value of
Other conditions favorably influenced by the neutral bath are degenerative and inflammatory conditions of the arteries, nerves and brain, such as arteriosclerosis, locomoter ataxia, apoplexy and multiple neuritis; also milder nervous affections, general dropsy, arthritis deformans, rheumatism, neurasthe¬nia, and chronic disorders of the abdomen, when baths at very high or low temperatures cannot be taken and the neutral baths are given for only thirty minutes or less.
Still other diseases in which the neutral bath has proved useful are fish-skin disease (ichthyosis), leprosy, leucorrhea, the delirium of acute meningitis, menstrual mania, neurasthenia, pellagra, purpura, tuberculosis, acute alcoholism and asthma. Fevers respond also to the neutral bath, and it is especially valuable for aged people, infants, young children, and debilitated indi¬viduals.
The few; conditions in which this bath is not. advisable are skin diseases in which other water treatments also are inad¬visable, and some cases of neurasthenia.
The Continuous Bath,, a measure developed from the neu¬tral bath, is discussed in this section.