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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    to attempt massage in the face of persistent objec- tion on the part of tlie patient, or the patient's friends. It is sometimes stated that patients should rest in bed for an hour after each seance, but I never find this necessary, on the contrary, I think the sooner they go about their business the better. It is difficult at first to make people understand that if ten minutes' massage will do them good, twenty minutes will not prove twice as efficacious. Such, however, is not the case. An observation by Reibmayr may serve to impress this on the memory. He subjected a dog to massage for a few minutes and found that the pulse rose from twenty-four to sixty-four. He then continued the manipulations for some time longer and the pulse quickly fell to thirty-six. Norstrom says:— La dure'e des se'ances sera decinq minutes ou apeu pres; dans les cas chroniques on en fera une ou moins par jour; dans les cas aigus il en faut deux de dix minutes ou davantage; but an expert masseuse from whom I have derived many practical hints, assures me that half an hour is not too much for a case of infantile paralysis. I always tell my patients that
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