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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    CHAPTER VII. Massage for Constipation. For constipation it is certainly one of the most powerful therapeutic agents at our command. Petris- sage of the abdomen is the best method, care being- taken to make the requisite manipulations in the direction of the ascending, transverse and descending colon. It should be associated with different varieties of tapotement, the flat open hand, the hand partially closed so as to form an air cushion, and the margins of the hands being employed according to circum- stances. Vibratory movements are in addition, resorted to in obstinate cases. Years ago Piorry advocated a mode of treatment for constipation,, which is not essentially different from that now de- scribed. Averbech says: disorders of the digestive apparatus and especially constipation constitute one of the most marked indications for the employment of massage. When there are no complications but the symptoms are due to disordered secretion, one
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