Massage as a mode of treatment / by William Murrell.

  • William Murrell
Date:
1887
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Credit: Massage as a mode of treatment / by William Murrell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to some morbid condition of the ligaments. Massage and friction over tlie seat of pain will usually effect a cure in these cases. There are few conditions more amenable to treat- ment by massage than what is commonly called back-ache. This is a composite condition and may be due to a variety of causes. The patients are usually women and the suffering is undoubtedly often very acute. In the majority of cases it has its seat in the muscles, and is the result of strain or over-fatigue. The strain may be equally severe on both sides, but in patients who are in the habit of throwing the weight of the body on one leg when standing, it may be confined to one side. I have met with many ex- amples of this in young women who have to stand for many hours a day behind the counter. Sometimes the pain is the result of pregnancy, the accumulation of dropsical fluid in the abdomen or even the de- velopment of fat. A still more common cause is uterine disturbance, this being simply one of a group of symptoms indicative of the existence of some dis- placement. More rarely it arises from a defect in the process of digestion and assimilation, the muscles,
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