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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    bered that vaseline is never admissible. Scrupulous attention must be paid to the condition of the hands and nails. The hands should be soft, and the nails short. A feviT months ago Prof. Liebreich, of Berlin, advised me to try Lanoline, the newly discovered wool oil and basis for ointments. I have used it in several cases, and although it is undoubtedly infinitely superior to vaseline and other petroleum fats I prefer dry rubbing, and am sure it is a mistake to employ lubricants of any kind. Dry rubbing is to be pre- ferred for the following reasons :—(i) You get better contraction of the muscles and consequently a greater flow of lymph; (2) electrical currents are more readily developed in the tissues; (3) there is a greater elevation of temperature in the part; (4) you do not make your patient in a mess. There is not the slightest fear of causing abrasion of the skin in dry rubbing if the operator knows his work. The rubber who rubbed a hole in his patient because there was no vaseline had mistaken his vocation. I do not deny that inunctions are of value in suitable cases, but that is entirely another matter and has nothing to do with Massage.
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