The Schott methods of the treatment of chronic diseases of the heart : with an account of the Nauheim baths, and of the therapeutic exercises . Fig. 27. Fig. 28. position. The operator stands at the patients sidewith one hand over the upper third of the sternum,and the other supporting the mid-lumbar region.(Fig. 27). The reverse movement is resisted by-placing one hand over the junction of the cervicaland dorsal portions of the spine (Fig. 28). 4 50 THE SCHOTT METHODS OF THE TREATMENT OF No. 7.—The trunk is rotated, without movementof the feet, as far as it can be carried to one side, sayto t
The Schott methods of the treatment of chronic diseases of the heart : with an account of the Nauheim baths, and of the therapeutic exercises . Fig. 27. Fig. 28. position. The operator stands at the patients sidewith one hand over the upper third of the sternum,and the other supporting the mid-lumbar region.(Fig. 27). The reverse movement is resisted by-placing one hand over the junction of the cervicaland dorsal portions of the spine (Fig. 28). 4 50 THE SCHOTT METHODS OF THE TREATMENT OF No. 7.—The trunk is rotated, without movementof the feet, as far as it can be carried to one side, sayto the right, then to the left, and lastly brought backto face forwards as at starting. The movements areresisted by one hand being placed in front of, and alittle above, the advancing axilla, while the other is. Fig. 29. placed over the receding shoulder (Fig. 29). Theoperator must, to a limited extent, move round thepatient when the second stage of the rotation is beingperformed, and will be able to do so most evenly andsecurely by carrying one foot round behind the other, CHRONIC DISEASES OF THE HEART. 51 somewhat as is done in performing the skating out-side edge backwards, before shifting the position ofthe other. No. 8.—The trunk is flexed laterally, first to oneside, secondly completely over to the other, andthirdly brought back to the erect position. The
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