Lectures on Massage and Electricity
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Lectures on Massage and Electricity

In the Treatment of Disease

  1. 405 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Lectures on Massage and Electricity

In the Treatment of Disease

About this book

Lectures on Massage & Electricity in the Treatment of Disease (Masso – electrotherapeutics) focuses on the application of massage in treating diseases. The book first offers information on the mechanical principles of massage and the mode and method of applying massage. The text then takes a look at massage of the head, neck, and the parts in association therewith, faradic massage of the skin, and massage of muscles and nerves. The manuscript elaborates on the massage of venous and lymph circulations, the Weir-Mitchell treatment, massage of the chest and abdomen, massage in nervous exhaustion and hysteria, and massage of the spine and back. The text also takes a look at massage in joints and bursal affections, massage in sleeplessness, pain, dipsomania, morphiomania, and melancholia, and massage in the wasting diseases of children, and in the diseases of sedentary, changing, and advanced life. The text is a dependable reference for readers interested in the use of massage in treating diseases.

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Information

Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781483228044
eBook ISBN
9781483281254
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Pharmacology

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Lectures on Massage & Electricity in the Treatment of Disease
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. PREFACE
  7. THE AUTHOR
  8. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  9. INTRODUCTION
  10. LECTURE I.THE PBINCIPLES OF MASSAGE
  11. LECTURE II.THE MODE AND METHOD OF APPLYING MASSAGE
  12. LECTURE III. MASSAGE OF THE HEAD AND NECK, AND THE PARTS IN ASSOCIATION THEREWITH
  13. LECTUEE IV. MASSAGE AND INDUCTION, FARADIC MASSAGE OF THE SKIN
  14. LECTURE V. MUSCLE AND NEEVE
  15. LECTURE VI. MASSAGE OF VENOUS AND LYMPH CIRCULATIONS
  16. LECTURE VII.THE WEIR-MITCHELL TREATMENT
  17. LECTURE VIII. MASSAGE OF THE CHEST AND ABDOMEN
  18. LECTUBE IX. MASSAGE IN NERVOUS EXHAUSTION AND HYSTERIA
  19. LECTURE X. MASSAGE OF THE SPINE AND BACK
  20. LECTURE XI. MASSAGE IN JOINT AND BURSAL AFFECTIONS
  21. LECTURE XII. MASSAGE IN SLEEPLESSNESS, PAIN, DIPSOMANIA, MORPHIOMANIA, AND MELANCHOLIA
  22. LECTURE XIII. MASSAGE IN THE WASTING DISEASES OF CHILDREN, AND IN THE DISEASES OF SEDENTARY, CHANGING AND ADVANCED LIFE
  23. LECTURE XIV.—ELECTRO-PHYSICS
  24. LECTURE XV.—ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS
  25. TWO LECTURES ON MEDICAL ELECTRICITY
  26. LECTURE XIV. ELECTRO-PHYSICS
  27. LECTURE XV. ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS
  28. MOTOR POINTS
  29. GENERAL INDEX
  30. THE FOLLOWING WORKS ARE BY THE SAME AUTHOR
  31. RECENT MEDICAL WORKS

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