. Pelvic and hernial therapeutics : principles and methods for remedying chronic affections of the lower part of the trunk, including processes for self-cure . substance; (2) because the nutritiveeffects are proportionate to the time employed in the execu-tion of the process, which in the latter case is doubled. ^?^>- PROCESS 10. Single^ or Assisted.—To increase the power of the abdom-inal muscles and of the tendons at their lower termination. Position.— Sitting,knees and feet wideapart, the feet held tothe floor by some de-vice ; the arms up-stretched, and to securetheir parallelism, grasp
. Pelvic and hernial therapeutics : principles and methods for remedying chronic affections of the lower part of the trunk, including processes for self-cure . substance; (2) because the nutritiveeffects are proportionate to the time employed in the execu-tion of the process, which in the latter case is doubled. ^?^>- PROCESS 10. Single^ or Assisted.—To increase the power of the abdom-inal muscles and of the tendons at their lower termination. Position.— Sitting,knees and feet wideapart, the feet held tothe floor by some de-vice ; the arms up-stretched, and to securetheir parallelism, grasp-ing some light object,as a stick. Action.—The trunk isallowed to fall exactlyrearwards, very slowly;when the muscularstrain has reached theextent desired, the trunk Fi&-1°. returns to its upright position. This action may be repeatedthree or four times with momentary intervals. If this action consumes more strength than the muscles canwell bear, the process may be made easier by clasping thehands on the top of the head, which affords less leverage ofthe arms. A still milder form of the process may be obtained byplacing the hands on the 156 PROCESSES. Modification.—This process may be converted into an as-sisted process. An assistant standing behind the patientgrasps his wrists, and gently pressing upon them, increasesthe action of the patients muscles. Or, if the patient be very weak, instead of adding to the re-sistance, he sustains in part the weight of the patient in theact of backward falling, and assists the recovery of thest art-ing position. In this way the assistant performs the oftenvery necessary office of adjusting the process to the patientscapacity and need, however feeble he may be. PROCESS II. Single, or Assisted.—To concentrate the effects of musculartension at the base of the abdomen. Position.—Sitting, trunk, legs and feet as in 10, one armstretched upward to its full extent, the hand of the otherfixed upon the hip, the trunk slightly twis
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