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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    weakness are usually met with among-st the rich and educated. Some months ago I saw a young man who had had a distinguished college career and was working hard for a profession. He was a great big strong fellow capable of any amount of physical exertion, but instead of devoting himself to athletics, he preferred reading medical works and analysing his feelings and sensations. He complained of restlessness at night, of inabihty to apply his mind, of coldness in the hands and feet, of burning pain in the spine and across the back, of dimness of sight, of numbness of the hands and fingers, and disturbed dreams. His appetite was good, he was well nourished, and I failed to detect any organic disease. He had taken a good deal of medicine, and had tried rest and chang^e of air, without much benefit. I recommended effleurage and petrissage of the back and legs, with the appli- cation of a constant current to the lower dorsal ver- tebrae by means of a large sponge electrode, and in six weeks almost all the symptoms had disappeared. Another patient complained of feeling dull and gloomy in company, of bad memory, -loss of
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