Oatmeal Bath: From 1 Different Sources
For irritated, itching skin as in eczema or shingles. Tie one pound uncooked oatmeal in a piece of gauze and run-on the hot bath tap. When softened, use as a sponge during the bath.
A procedure for thoroughly washing a patient who is con?ned to bed. It helps to maintain a healthy skin, especially over pressure-points such as elbows, buttocks and heels. An invaluable preventive measure against the development of bed sores (see ULCER).... bed bath
Bather’s itch, also called schistosome DERMATITIS, is the term given to a blotchy rash on the skin occurring in those bathing in water which is infested with the larvae of certain trematode worms known as schistosomes (see SCHISTOSOMIASIS). The worm is parasitic in snails. The skin rash is caused by penetration of the skin by the free-swimming larval cercaria. Bather’s itch is common in many parts of the world.... bather’s itch
(German) Heroine of a bold battle Bathilde, Bathilda... bathild
(Hebrew) The daughter of the oath, in the Bible, a wife of King David and mother of Solomon Bathshebah, Bathsheeba, Bathshyba, Bathshieba, Bethsheba, Bethshebah... bathsheba
(Arabic) The seventh daughter Bathshirah, Bathsheera, Bathsheerah, Bathshiera, Bathshierah, Bathsheira, Bathsheirah, Bathsheara, Bathshearah, Bathshyra, Bathshyrah... bathshira
See Avena.... oat, oatmeal, oastraw
A type of heat treatment in which hot liquid wax is applied to a part of the body to relieve pain and stiffness in inflamed or injured joints. Wax baths may be used to treat the hands of people with rheumatoid arthritis.... wax bath
n. sensation experienced in the deeper parts of the body, such as the joints and muscles.... bathyaesthesia
a hip bath in which the person is seated so that water or saline solution soaks only the hips and buttocks. Sitz baths are used to treat haemorrhoids and anal fissures (among other conditions).... sitz bath
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