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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    as Dr. George Johnson has pointed out, being irritated rather than nourished by the imperfectly digested food. The pain is often so acute as to temporarily incapacitate the patient for exertion of any kind. Sometimes it persists all day, and for the matter of that all night, whilst in other cases it comes on at a parti- cular hour—usually late in the afternoon—and lasts till bed-time. The suffering is undoubtedly very severe, and a lady not long ago told me she often felt as if she would like to take a knife and stick it in her back to relieve the horrible dull aching pain. I have known a sufferer from this condition stop a friendly postman or policeman in the street, and beo- him with tears in her eyes to give her a good punch between the shoulders to take away the pain. In many instances I have known massage give prompt if not immediate relief. As accessory measures, I usually recommend Burgundy, cod-liver oil and hypo- phosphites. Menthol plasters are useful and so is the application of a cone of menthol and capsicum. Many people suffer from vague uneasy pains in the legs, usually said to be rheumatic or neuralgic. In young people they are sometimes called grow-
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