Massage and the original Swedish movements : their application to various diseases of the body / by Kurre W. Ostrom.

  • Ostrom, Kurre W. (Kurre Wilhelm), 1865-
Date:
1919
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Credit: Massage and the original Swedish movements : their application to various diseases of the body / by Kurre W. Ostrom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mended by European gynecologists and we have many remarkable reports of complicated cases suc- cessfully treated. Gynecologic massage should not be practised by a non-medical man.—| Editor] XVII. MASSAGE OF THE UTERUS Position.—The same as for massage of the abdomen (see Fig. 19, page 31). ‘The external method is merely a modification of the massage of the abdomen. The patient must be in a half lying position, with the knees flexed in order to relax the abdominal muscles. Begin with the circular manipulations, from right to left, following with stroking and friction over the lower part of the abdomen. It is generally used for atony of the uterine organs, and must always be succeeded by percussion or beating of the lower part of the back. The Swedish movements are a valuable auxiliary, con- ~ trolling as they do, the circulation in the abdomen and the lower extremities. ‘The massage increases the current in the blood-vessels and the lymphatics, the resorption is restored, and the muscular organs in the smaller pelvis are strengthened. Special manipulation of the intestines relieve the bowels, which in cases of uterine affections must be of great importance. 2. A second method is rather difficult to per- form, as one or two fingers must be inserted in the vagina or the rectum, against which we work from