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246 III. CONSTITUTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF SWEDEN.
Number of deaths from small-pox per 1 million inhabitants, 1750i1899.*
and the Russo-Finnish steam-bath, consists in sweating, followed by washing in
a large room of moderate warmth and moisture, the whole concluding with
refrigeration in a plunging bath. The bath, termed, »badstubad» (or simply »badstu»)
is a cheap and highly relished bath for the lower classes and the schools. The
mud-bath, which is peculiarly Swedish, derives its origin from Loka Brunn
in the län of Örebro, and has been in use for more than 200 years. The
difference between this and similar baths abroad is that the mud is rubbed
into the skin, and the muscles are afterwards kneaded. The mud, through
its large percentage of silicate particles, produces with friction a powerful
stimulus.
Sweden is abundantly provided with watering- and seaside-places, their
number, not counting the above-mentioned, amounting to more than 50. There are
many mineral springs. As a rule, they are chalybeate, and contain iron in the
form of carbonates or sulphates, the only exceptions being the Torpa and Sophia
Springs at Helsingborg and the Linné Spring at Gothenburg, which contain iodides
and bromides. The most popular mineral springs are Ronneby, Medevi, Ramlösa,
Lundsbrunn, Sätra, and Porla. In 1897, the number of persons staying at the
various watering-places in Sweden, not counting casual visitors, were reckoned at
21,000, of whom about 13,000 were women and 8,000 men. About 15,000 of
such visitors used the local or other mineral waters, 7,000 underwent a complete
water-treatment, 5,600 a course of medical gymnastics and massage, etc. The
following complaints are most frequently treated at watering-places, viz. muscular
rheumatism, nervous diseases, anaemia and chlorosis, affections of the stomach,
bowels, heart, and vessels, and diseases of the joints and bones.
During the quinquennial periods of 1861/1900, the number of patients treated
at health resorts and seaside places amounted respectively, on a yearly average,
to 12,639, 11,849, 18,396, 13,460, 14,465, 17,695, 20,211, and"22,712, which
figures seem also to be influenced by the condition of the prosperity of the country.
* For the years 1750,73 the original figures include both small-pox and measles;
though a subtraction is made in the above diagram of one third for elimination of cases
of measles. This proportion is considered the probable average; it has natnrally, however,
been varying from year to year, to which here no attention conld be paid.
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