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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    this mode ot treatment in this country, and will pre- sumably in due course pubHsh their experiences. There is a curious work which gives some very interesting- information on the use of various forms of friction in the treatment of sprains and joint affec- tions generally. It is entitled A Full Account of the System of Friction as adopted and pursued with the greatest success in cases of Contracted Joints and Lameness from various causes, by the late eminent surgeon, John Grosvenor, Esq., of Oxford, with obser- vations on those cases to which it is most applicable, by William Cleobury, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of London, and one of the surgeons to the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. Although pubHshed as recently as 1825, it is a comparatively rare work, there not being a copy in any of the medical libraries in London. The third edition contains a reprint of the life of Mr. Grosvenor, and is illustrated with his portrait. His method of manipulation is described at considerable length, but is hardly worth repro- ducing, as it is simply an imperfect form of Massage. His results, however, appear to have been wonder- fully good, and people came from all parts of the
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