Rational therapy . nd when auxiliary apparatusis introduced for stretching thejoints of the fingers. Figure 5—No. 7Showing the hand stretched byapparatus. This apparatus has been introduced to produce hyperemia.(Fig. 3—Nos. 3 and 7). Large glass cylinders of forms to suit thepurpose are used and closed air tight with a rubber cuff and rub-ber bandage not tightened enough to cause a hyperemia, after theaffected member has been inserted. The air is then evacuatedwith a suction pump, until the desired effect is obtained. Thedegree of the hyperemia may be observed through the evacuat
Rational therapy . nd when auxiliary apparatusis introduced for stretching thejoints of the fingers. Figure 5—No. 7Showing the hand stretched byapparatus. This apparatus has been introduced to produce hyperemia.(Fig. 3—Nos. 3 and 7). Large glass cylinders of forms to suit thepurpose are used and closed air tight with a rubber cuff and rub-ber bandage not tightened enough to cause a hyperemia, after theaffected member has been inserted. The air is then evacuatedwith a suction pump, until the desired effect is obtained. Thedegree of the hyperemia may be observed through the evacuations are stopped for a few minutes, the air is al-lowed to enter and after a pause of from a few seconds to severalminutes, the process is repeated, and the treatment continuedfrom twenty minutes to half an hour at a time. The extremityis forced by atmospheric pressure into the vessel, and the patienthas to counteract this, if it is not desirable to have the diseasedmember come in contact with the vessel 295 Figure 6—No. 1Suction Apparatus for the Knee Joint. This illustration shows howknee, put into the tube in a stretched position, hasbecome bent by the suction process.
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