. Pelvic and hernial therapeutics : principles and methods for remedying chronic affections of the lower part of the trunk, including processes for self-cure . hese consist of large contributions of heat, pro-duced as in health, in the vital system; any deficiency ofwhich is immediately supplied. The most inveterately coldfeet become warm, and the conditions for self-supply of heatare improved. Revulsion, or the transfer of blood from theremainder of the body to the parts subjected to the mas-sage, is another often extremely desirable effect, quite certainto be produced by the action. PROCESSE
. Pelvic and hernial therapeutics : principles and methods for remedying chronic affections of the lower part of the trunk, including processes for self-cure . hese consist of large contributions of heat, pro-duced as in health, in the vital system; any deficiency ofwhich is immediately supplied. The most inveterately coldfeet become warm, and the conditions for self-supply of heatare improved. Revulsion, or the transfer of blood from theremainder of the body to the parts subjected to the mas-sage, is another often extremely desirable effect, quite certainto be produced by the action. PROCESSES 39 AND 40. Oscillation: Oscillatory Massage of the Limbs—Apparatus,—This form of massage differs from those described in proc-esses 34 to 38, in that noseparate arrangement forpressure derived either fromthe weight of the body, orthrough a lever, is effect depends on twoother coincident facts ; oneis that of sudden change ofmotion ; and the other is thecompression produced byithe rapid slight partial twist-ing and untwisting of thelongitudinal fibres of the Fig-36. limbs. Fositio7i.—For the leg, the foot is placed in a holder, capa-. 198 PROCESSES. ble of receiving, holding and liberating it at will; this is at theend of a rocking shaft, and in, or near the axis of motion ofthe shaft. For the arm, a convenient handle for the hand to firmlygrasp, is all that is necessary. One or both hands may graspthe handle at the same time. When the shaft and foot are set in oscillation, the legis caused slightly to turn on its axis, the motion terminatingonly at the hip joint, the muscles surrounding which are setin vigorous action, which effect is participated in by the fleshof the whole limb. This alternate turning from side to side,or oscillation may be continued for several minutes, and fromit the following consequences ensue : I. A large amount of heat appears; in general the leg be-comes pleasantly heated throughout. This heat becomesdiffused throughout the body, d
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