... in compression of the 78 THE ART OF MASSAGE. deep tissues by the knuckles of the closed fist. Pressure ... there is an accumulation of salt in the tissues. The Relation of Massage to ... are some references: Hirschberg (Etude physiol, et therap. du massage de ...

... treated by pinching the skin and underly- ing tissue, deeply grasping the entire muscular walls with both hands, pinching and rolling them. Massage of this region con- cludes with deep kneading by the heel of the hand in ...

... faradic current to the affected muscles, with the deep injection of strychnia and the use of massage. ACUTE MYELITIS. Definition. An inflammation affecting all the tissues of the spinal cord. It may be acute ...

... best remedies for the paralysis, with rest and massage. Warm bath with I lb. of sulphuret of potassium unites with the metal and eliminates it from the tissues. Coma. Deep sleep, one deeper tlian stupor, may be due ...

... reach individual muscles, but is preferred on a deep-seated tissue. Kneading ... Home Lessons in Massage<, 199 TO STIMULATE THE NERVES AND INCREASE THE ...

... close to it, and lastly, it lay so deep that it would have been almost ... made witli reference to its surgical accessibility in different parts of ...

... the skin rather than exerting pressure on underlying tissues. Massage is ... of function. REFERENCES: Since this is of necessity a very brief ...

... the patient did not recover, though sometimes quite deep tissues were involved, and the cases were protracted. At ... and superficial, are combined, and the more the deep tissues are involved the more obstinate the local disease ...

... In the internal organs of the body and deep tissues the typical tertiary lesion is known as the ... 90), or the infection may pass into the deep cellular tissue of the neck and about the glottis, threatening ...

... is, however, not applicable to operations in which deep tissues are divided, but is limited to skin-deep ... almost invariably requires amputation, the muscles and other deep- seated tissues being torn, and, as it were, while the ...