Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1914 — HOT WAX CURES RHEUMATISM [ARTICLE]

HOT WAX CURES RHEUMATISM

French Physician Places Many Patients In Paraffin Heated to 125 Degrees. Paris.—A paraffin wax bath heated to 125 degrees Fahrenheit is a new treatment for rheumatism, sciatic gout and kindred ailments, as described by Sr. Barthe de Sandfort at the Academy of Medicine, The physician, finding that superheated Wax-applied to wounds, burnt and ulcers removed all pain and caused them to heal rapidly, was led to believe that it might be advantageously, applied to the whole body. A number of patients suffering from various aliments were then put through the same process, with results that exceeded the physician’s expectations.