Fever Therapy Cabinet
![A nurse and a corpsman tend to a patient in a fever cabinet A nurse and a corpsman tend to a patient in a fever cabinet](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/wwii/navy-medical-art-of-the-abbott-collection/fever-therapy-cabinet/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1486496615140.jpg)
As this Navy patient's temperature rises to between 105 and 106.5 degrees, the nurses wipes the perspiration from his reddening face, while a fan cools his head. This treatment is used for venereal and certain other diseases. A hospital corpsman takes measures to replace the salt and water lost by perspiration during the treatment.
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