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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    Dr. Graham in a recent article says :—I have so often observed an increase in the quantity of the catamenia, and an earlier appearance than usual in women, who are to all intents and purposes well, and who have had massage of the back or general mas- sage for some slight ailment, that I have finally come to regard this as one of the physiological effects of massage. Even massage of a leg for a joint or muscular affection is frequently followed by an earlier appearance and a longer stay of the monthly visitor. It has been suggested that possibly massage may in some cases exert a beneficial effect by getting rid of or dispersing—to use a popular expression — certain deposits or thickenings in the muscular and other tissues. Dr. Walter Johnson says:- If any surgeon or physician who has not hitherto had his attention directed to this point, will manipulate the flesh of his patients, he will be surprised to find in how many cases he will detect thickenings, harden- ings, and swellings in various parts. He will find the necks of nearly all his patients who have suffered for any lenglh of time from head affections swollen E 2
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