GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SPA TREATMENT IN THE TOHOKU REGION:VIII General Survey of the Spa Treatment and Medical Investigations at Atsumi Spa in Yamagata Prefecture

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The results obtained from a medical survey of the spa treatment at Atsumi Spa in Yamagata Prefecture, and the effect of spa bathing on the blood pressure are reported. The results of our medical survey may be summarized as follows:1) the greater number of spa visitors are inhabitants of Yamagata Prefecture, the majority being farmers. Most of them are young men and women about equal in number.2) Atsumi Spa is mostly used as a place for recreation, and those seeking for curative treatment are no more than one-fourth of the spa visitors.3) An examination of visitors for diseases reveals that neuralgia and rheumatism stand at the top of the list, and the larger number of visitors to this spa are healthy persons.4) More than 80% of the visitors to this spa are those who have been here before, but only 2.4% of them have ever consulted doctors for directions in the hot spring bathing before coming to this spa.5) Although those who come to this spring for the purpose of curative treatment are few in number, many of them stay here for about two weeks.6) About 60% of the spa visitors for curative treatment bath 4 to 5 times a day, and only 20% of them less than 4 times a day.7) Considering the effect of this spa bathing on the blood pressure, further studies must be made on the manner of bathing in this spa.
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