[Measurement of the effects of Barbotan-les-Thermes waters on the venous filling and drainage in patients with phlebitis and varicosities using plethysmography with a measuring gauge].

The effects of Barbotan waters have been tested using plethysmography with a mercury gauge, with venous occlusion in 73 patients taking the cure with venous pathology; 43 legs with phlebitic sequelae, 72 varicose legs. The principal parameters of filling and emptying were measured. Dynamic pictures made it possible to show the variation in these parameters. The publication demonstrates a remarkable normalization effect in the venous functions. In it we discuss classification by the plethysmographic means alone and the eventuality of the venous areas. We conclude by linking this normalising effect on the venous functions with the antispasmodic effect already discussed in an earlier work.