Balneum

(Baln., abbreviated). A bath. Tepidum, warm, or 85 degs. to 95 degs. Fahr., immersion for fourteen minutes. Calidum, hot, or 98 degs. to 105 degs. Fahr., immersion for ten minutes. Frigidum, cold, or 60 degs. to 70 degs. Fahr., immersion for five minutes. A nurse must always prepare the bath before the patient is put into it, and always use the bath thermometer. The temperature of a vapour bath may rise as high as 110 degs. Fahr.