An account of the means by which Admiral Henry, of Rolvenden in Kent, has cured the rheumatism, a tendency to gout, the tic douloureuse, the cramp, and other disorders, and by which a cataract in the eye was removed : with engravings of the instruments made use of in the several operations practised by Admiral Henry.
- Date:
- 1816
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of the means by which Admiral Henry, of Rolvenden in Kent, has cured the rheumatism, a tendency to gout, the tic douloureuse, the cramp, and other disorders, and by which a cataract in the eye was removed : with engravings of the instruments made use of in the several operations practised by Admiral Henry. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![[20 ] the purpose effectually.* An old mop.stick, with the end made round and smooth, he also makes use of for tlit stomach and bowels, putting the lower end at the surbase, that it may not slip, and pressing the stomach and bowels hard upon it. He also recommends, when a person is in bed, lying on his back, to put the right foot on his knee, and with a vial in his left hand to rub across the tendons of the foot and toes. The same with the other foot; and Avith the side of the vial, to rub across, and up and doA\m the shin bone, and the knee pan. He lias lately fallen upon a method of pinching his lips between two vials, which lie is of opinion might prevent a cancer in those parts. The hinges of the lower jaw, should be well worked with the thumbs, which will prevent spasms; and the same operation, might, he thinks, loosen a locked jaw, if performed with sufficient force. * T'ne moderate, but persevering use of dumb-bells, is of use in preventing the stooping of old age, which is owing to the muscles bijcoming relaxed, and thence the shoulders shrink and droop. London: printed by W. liulnier and Co. Cleveland-row, St James’s.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22386828_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
