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permit him to sleep.
The wet sheet will act as an extra skin and will gradually draw out all poisons from the system. This improves the circulation of the blood. As a result the dead cells and acids and other waste materials are carried off, and new material is carried to the diseased parts for the construction of new cells and tissues.
"The toxins that cause practically all diseases can be eliminated successfully by the wet pack, and any fever can. be controlled by this simple application. The body is hot when feverish and therefore the cool or cold sheet feels refreshing. It is cooling yet stimulating, and usually the patient falls asleep and when he awakes the temperature is reduced and he feels like a new person. Why has the fever left? Because the waste or disease producing materials have been drawn out by the pack and there is no fuel (congestion) to bum (set up irritation).
A pack may be given to any part of the body where there is congestion. However, in all conditions where the temperature is above normal the entire body pack should be given. Generally one pack a day is sufficient though it may be repeated if necessary to reduce the temperature. Packs may be given in practically all cases where the vapor cr steam bath is indicated and is safer and more desirable. As already indicated, it should form part of the treatment in all cases of cancer, tumor, syphilis, scrofula, tuberculosis and like conditions.
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