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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    which existed were preserved, and others were made artificially with a file. We are told that every part of the body was daily acted upon by some of these instruments, for the purpose of preserving- health and warding- off the infirmities of old age. The tools were applied to the knees, ankles, and insteps, which were all much swollen and hard, owing- to the rheu- matism, and very painful when touched, and though the operation was very lightly done, yet he derived considerable benefit from it. After a time he beg-an to use a common hammer, made of iron, with a bit of cork on the head, and covered with leather He per- severed in the use of this instrument for about three years, night and morning-, together with small bone instruments with knobs for loosening the tendons. He completely succeeded in removing- the swelling-s, and by keeping up the practice was restored to the use of his limbs. This was clearly an application in a primitive form of massage, or at all events of percussion. Many rubbers employ amber oil in the treatment of rheumatism, rubbing it into the affected part with the palm of the hand. It is a volatile oil made by
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