Collective Investigation
T. M. Dolan · BMJ · 1884
1. To produce copious sweating to relieve the internal organs from congestion, especially the kidneys,I which were unable to eliminate morbid products from the blood.2. To check the excessive rise of temperature, and the dangers arising from it, as in typhoid fever, where the cold bath has been found to supersede the action of quinine, salicylate of soda, and all othler antipyretic remedies with which we are acquainted.When blood appeared in the urine after the pack had been used for some time, and the dropsy was fast disappearing, it was a signal proof that the kidneys were seriously involved.With all the precautions taken, this could in no degree be assigned to the packing.Not the