Host

(host). The organic body upon which parasites live.. Having or yielding the sensation of heat; stimulating; biting. H.-air Bath. See Bath . H. Bath. See Bath . H. -blanket Pack, a rubber sheet and one or two woolen blankets are placed upon the bed. A heavy woolen blanket is wrung out of water at IIO° F., spread upon the dry blanket, the patient placed upon it and wrapped with it like a mummy. The dry blankets and rubber sheet are wrapped over this, and the patient is allowed to remain in this pack from half an hour to two hours. It is useful in suppre ion of urine. Hot-box, Japanese, a device for applying dry heat to a part. H. Drops, the Tinctura capsici et myrrh a, N. F.; they are useful in many painful conditions of the stomach and bowels, when there is no inflammation or organic disease; it is called also "number six." H. Eye, Hutch in son's term for a persistent hyperemia of the conjunctiva seen in gout. H. -spots. See Temperature-sense. H. Wet-pack, instead of wringing the linen sheet out of cold water, as in the Wet-pack, it Hot is dipped into water at F., well wrung out and spread upon the blanket, as in the cold-pack. The patient is wrapped in this and allowed to remain for an hour. Then he is removed to the side of the bed upon which he is to lie, lightly rubbed over with a rough wash-rag dipped into water at 650 F., squeezed out by the hand, quickly dried and left alone. This method is useful only in obstinate insomnia. H.-wind Stroke, a form of heat-fever, not unlike sunstroke, but caused by hot winds, and far more fatal than sunstroke it; is common in India.