Osteopathy Complete . removed before we can hope toeffect a cure. A great deal, therefore, depends upon thegood judgment of the operator in discovering the real cause,and employing such treatment as will reach the conditions asthey exist. 6. In all cases of fever, hold the vasomotor two orthree See Yaso-motor (page 253). GASTRALGIA. (Neuralgia of the stomach.) SYMrTOMS. Spasmodic pains, shooting and shifting, usually brief induration, and may be relieved by vomiting or belching. TEEATMENT. 1. Place the patient on the back; if there are any indi-cations of constipation, give thorough
Osteopathy Complete . removed before we can hope toeffect a cure. A great deal, therefore, depends upon thegood judgment of the operator in discovering the real cause,and employing such treatment as will reach the conditions asthey exist. 6. In all cases of fever, hold the vasomotor two orthree See Yaso-motor (page 253). GASTRALGIA. (Neuralgia of the stomach.) SYMrTOMS. Spasmodic pains, shooting and shifting, usually brief induration, and may be relieved by vomiting or belching. TEEATMENT. 1. Place the patient on the back; if there are any indi-cations of constipation, give thorough treatment for same(page 150). 2. Place the hand lightly over the sternum, and vibrate(pages 36 and 67) gently for three minutes. 3. Place the patient on a stool; and with the thumbsupon the angles of the fifth pair of ribs, have an assistantstanding in front, raise the arms high above the head, liftingquite strong, as the patient fills the lungs with air; presshard with the thumbs as the arms are lowered with a back-. Cut 18.—Freeing and Stimulating Pneumogastric Nerve. STOMACH, INTESTINES, AND PERITONEUM. 163 ward motion, patient permitting the elbows to bend, as thearms are pressed quite strongly backward and treatment stretches the muscles, frees the intercostalnerves, arteries, and veins, at the same time acting upon thesplanchnic nerves. Place the thumbs upon the next twolower ribs, raise the arms as before, and repeat until thetenth dorsal is reached. 4. Place the patient on the back; with one hand underthe chin, draw the head backward, rotating it from sideto side, at the same instant manipulating the muscles overthe pneumogastric with the disengaged hand (cut 18). It isalso advisable to place one hand under the occipital, theother under the chin, and give gentle extension. This treatment usually gives immediate relief, and acontinuation of the same once each day, occupying aboutfifteen minutes, a speedy cure. GASTRECTASIA. (Dilatation of .the stomach, du
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