Massage as a mode of treatment / by William Murrell.

  • William Murrell
Date:
1886
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Credit: Massage as a mode of treatment / by William Murrell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Massage for Constipation. For constipation it is certainly one of the most powerful therapeutic agents at our command. Petris- sage of the abdomen is the best method, care being taken to make the requisite manipulations in the direction of the ascending, transverse and descend- ing colon. It should be associated with different varieties of tapotement, the flat open hand, the hand partially closed so as to form an air cushion, and the margins of the hands being employed accord- ing to circumstances. Vibratory movements are in addition resorted to in obstinate cases. Years ago Piorry advocated a mode of treatment for constipa- tion, which is not essentially different from that now described. Averbech says disorders of the diges- tive apparatus and especially constipation constitute one of the most marked indications for the employ- ment of massage. When there are no complications, but the symptoms are due to disordered secretion, one can always effect a cure in one or two months, or
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