Rational hydrotherapy : a manual of the physiological and therapeutic effects of hydriatic procedures, and the technique of their application in the treatment of disease . THE TECHNIQUE OF HYDROTHERAPY. 66^ Tlic Hand. — The patients extended hand being allowedto rest in one hand of the operator, with the dorsal surfaceup, the masseur, holding the fingers of his other hand firmlyextended, applies the tips of his fingers to the patients handin such a way that they will fall into the grooves between theadjacent fingers and metacarpal bones. The fingers are thenpushed along in these grooves from t
Rational hydrotherapy : a manual of the physiological and therapeutic effects of hydriatic procedures, and the technique of their application in the treatment of disease . THE TECHNIQUE OF HYDROTHERAPY. 66^ Tlic Hand. — The patients extended hand being allowedto rest in one hand of the operator, with the dorsal surfaceup, the masseur, holding the fingers of his other hand firmlyextended, applies the tips of his fingers to the patients handin such a way that they will fall into the grooves between theadjacent fingers and metacarpal bones. The fingers are thenpushed along in these grooves from the roots of the nails tothe wrists. After repeating the movement several times onthe back of the hand, the patients hand is turned so that thepalmar surface will be up, and the same movement repeatedas before, with the modification that the fingers are carrieda little farther up the wrist until the heel of the operatorshand rests in the hollow of the patients hand, when slightrotary movement and firm pressure should be made, for thepurpose of compressing firmly and emptying the numerousveins of the fleshy portion of the palm. The movements upon the back of the ha
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