Show the curative sand the edans in their ablutions ab lations replace water by sand when needful need fal this religious practice has it 16 appears become an element of 0 mode modem therapeutics at the reunion of swiss swim physicians held this year at dueby ouchy dr read a paper on the sand bath invalids have been beeb completely or partially cured by sand mud heated bested to a temperature varying according to the case can from 45 degrees to 66 65 degrees 0 the sand containing air between its par tides nicles and being a bad conductor of heat beak transmits it in a gentle and almost inson sible manner perspiration Is favored up I 1 to the point whom where a patient may low lose two quarts of liquid in cae one sand bath thanks i to this evaporation the invalid may sup port continued high temperature without the actual ual temperature of the body rising rifling more than a few degrees and this without fear of heart affections if care be taken to put hot sand on the feet at the outset the number of ailments that may bo be treated by this powerful curative agent la in considerable in the first Arst place it Is especially beneficial to chronic rheumatism and to gout neuralgia and sciatica are an dared or benefited by local or general baths the most various organic troubles of the nervous system cardiac or digestive affections have been treated by this method seth sometimes nes with remarkable success the same is true of affections of the bones and joints the account given by dr contains statial statistical cal tables relating to more than pat patient tents annually cosmos |