The Schott methods of the treatment of chronic diseases of the heartP. Blakiston's Son & Company, 1906 - 140 pages |
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Page 95 - The patient must be directed to breathe regularly and uninterruptedly, and should he find any difficulty in doing so, or for some reason show a tendency to hold his breath, he must be instructed to continue counting in a whisper during the progress of each movement. 7. No limb or portion of the patient's body is to be so constricted as to check the flow of blood.
Page 43 - Thorne adds that he has himself "been witness of improvement amounting to practical or actual cure in cases presenting the physical signs usually regarded as indicative of the following affections : stenosis of either the aortic or the mitral orifice ; stenosis of both ; incompetence of either or both with attendant dilatation; dilatation consequent on myocarditis, on habitual hemorrhage, and on constitutional anemia ; fatty heart ; weakened heart ; congenital mitral insufficiency ; patent foramen...
Page 23 - each single part of the body, in respect of its nutrition, stands to the whole body in the relation of an excreted...
Page 16 - The stopper of the bottle containing the acid is loosened, but retained in position ; the bottle having then been inverted and lowered until its mouth is just below the surface of the water, the stopper is withdrawn, and the bottle is moved about so as to diffuse a layer of acid as uniformly as possible over the surface of the bath. By this means the bath will be prepared in about five minutes.
Page 95 - ... palpitation. 5. The appearance of either of the above signs of distress should be the signal for immediately interrupting the movement in process of execution, and for either supporting the limb which is being moved, or allowing it to subside into a state of rest.
Page 95 - The general plan governing these movements is as follows : " 1. Each movement is to be performed slowly and evenly, that is, at a uniform rate. 2. No movement is to be repeated twice in succession in the same limb or group of muscles. 3. Each single or combined movement is to be followed by an interval of rest. 4. The movements are not...
Page 27 - That the movements relieve the back pressure on the heart. 2. That the diminution in the size of the heart is due to the absence of excess of blood in its cavity. 3. That this is attained by there being more room in the arteries. 4. That the heart muscle gains strength by having room to contract. 5. That the contraction being more complete it takes a longer time, thus making the pulse slower, and at the same time fuller.
Page 22 - The results are such as would scarcely be believed by any but an eye-witness. It is by no means uncommon in cases of dilatation to see within one hour the oblique long diameter of the heart's area of dulness diminished by from three-quarters of an inch to an inch and a quarter; and, perhaps more surprising still, to observe a diminution by as many as two inches in vertical measurement of a liver which 'New York Mcd.
Page 105 - ... foot around behind the other, somewhat as is done in performing the skating " outside edge backward," before shifting the position of the other. No. 8. — The trunk is flexed laterally, first to one side, secondly completely over to the other, and thirdly, brought back to the erect position. The operator stands in front of the patient. When the movement is to the right, his left hand is pressed against the right side of the chest in the axilla, while the right firmly supports the opposite hip,...
Page 94 - Each movement is to be performed slowly and evenly, that is, at an uniform rate. 2. No movement is to be repeated twice in succession in the same limb or group of muscles. 3. Each single or combined movement is to be followed by an interval of rest. 4. The movements are not to be allowed to accelerate the patient's breathing, and the operator must watch the face for the slightest indications of : (a) dilatation of the...