Surgical treatment; a practical treatise on the therapy of surgical diseases for the use of practitioners and students of surgery . Fig. —Section Showing Openings in Decompression Corset. Coccygodynia (Coccygeal Neuralgia).—In a few cases a constitutionalor local cause may be discovered and removed. Tumor, constipation,sacrococcygeal joint disease, or nerve disease may be reached. Often thereis a displacement of the coccyx and undue mobility. Relief may often be 358 5URGICAL TREA TMENT secured by vibratory massage. The most effective treatment is massageby means of the index-finger in th
Surgical treatment; a practical treatise on the therapy of surgical diseases for the use of practitioners and students of surgery . Fig. —Section Showing Openings in Decompression Corset. Coccygodynia (Coccygeal Neuralgia).—In a few cases a constitutionalor local cause may be discovered and removed. Tumor, constipation,sacrococcygeal joint disease, or nerve disease may be reached. Often thereis a displacement of the coccyx and undue mobility. Relief may often be 358 5URGICAL TREA TMENT secured by vibratory massage. The most effective treatment is massageby means of the index-finger in the vagina or rectum and the thumb on theoutside, holding the coccyx and the sacrococcygeal joint between bone should be moved up and down and the soft parts should be movedon the bone and joint. At first the manipulations should be very gentle;the force mav be increased as the pain becomes less. A few treatmentseverv other dav will cure most Fig. 1056.—Section Showing Moderate Compression in Decompression pressure is made with pads of felt. There are a certain number of cases which yield to injections of patient, with the rectum empty, lies in the lateral pelvic position^withthe thighs flexed on the abdomen. A syringe containing 1 (15 minims)of 70 or 80 per cent, alcohol and having a 5-cm. (2-inch) needle is used. Theindex-finger is inserted in the rectum and the place of greatest tenderness is
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