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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    His appetite returned; his hands and feet were warmer; the bowels became regular; he slept well at night; and his spirits improved in a most satisfac- tory manner. A still more striking case has recently been under my care. A young lady, aged 22, was brought to me suffering from palpitation, shortness of breath on the slightest exertion, and extreme oedema of the legs. She was unable to take exercise, and the legs were so swollen that they pitted deeply on pressure. On examination of the chest, she was found to have a loud apex systolic murmur. She had never suffered from rheumatic fever, and her parents had not the slightest idea that her heart was affected. I gave her first digitalis and then strophanthus but without much benefit. Systematic massage was then resorted to and almost immediately a diuretic action was induced, and the patient was relieved of her most urgent symptoms. In three weeks her legs had re- turned to their normal condition, and she was able to walk farther and better than she had done for two years previously. In all cases of oedema of the legs where the tissues are so puffed up that they pit on pressure, either as the result of cardiac disease or
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