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Title: Osteopathic first aids to the sick : written for the sick people
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Feidler, Francis John
Subjects: Osteopathic medicine Osteopathic Medicine
Publisher: New York : Broadway Publishing
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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boiled lobster, which usually begins onthe neck or cheek, and should spread over theentire body in two days. If the finger nail isdrawn over the rash, a characteristic white linewill remain for a few seconds. The tongue isalso distinctive, being covered with a white fur,with white red tip and borders, and is commonlyknown as the strawberry tongue. If there is nausea, pain in swallowing, andhigh fever, there will likely be scarlet fever ora rash of some other kind; and the patient should FIGURE 13.GENERAL NECK TREATMENT. With the patient on his back place one hand on his forehead,while with the fingers of the other hand close to the spine, nearthe base of the skull, pressing firmly, you draw the deep musclesupward toward you, at the same time with the other hand youturn the head away from you. Never let the fingers slip over the skin. Repeat an inch loweron the spine until the level of the shoulder blades is reached. Thetreatment should be continued lunger where there are tenderspots.
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FIGURE 14.INHIBITING THE PHRENIC NERVE.With the fingers press against the front of the spine in themiddle of the neck, using considerable pressure, which mustbe maintained for two minutes. THE HOUSEHOLD OSTEOPATH 29 be promptly isolated, the physician sent for, andtreatment given for general fever. As soon as the rash appears, or sooner, notifythe Board of Health, and give the treatmentfor eruptive fevers. MEASLES, Rubeola. Measles approach gradually, for four daysbefore the eruption apepars, there is lassitude,irritability, cough, pain in the back and limbs,headache, loss of appetite, thirst, catarrhal ir-ritation to nose and throat, watery eyes andfever. Sometimes the patient feels chilly, wantsmore clothing or keeps near the fire. The tonsils are swollen and become coveredwith the dark red, slightly elevated spots, a daybefore the eruption breaks out on the skin.Drowsiness is a marked symptom; the child maysleep the greater part of one or two days beforethe rash appears, waking onl

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