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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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and finish with the spinal tonic, fig.51. Gently manipulate each affected joint toinduce a free blood circulation about it, in orderto carry the deposits of urates away from thejoint, and reduce the inflammation. The de-formed joints should be gently manipulated andstretched apart, a little at each treatment. Particular attention must be given that thebowels and kidneys are active. A good perspira-tion should be induced, or a Turkish bath taken,twice per week. Drink plenty of water—twogallons each day. Diet should be greatly reduced in quantity.Avoid all meats, liquors, tobacco, tea, coffee,spices and pastry. All food should be simple,nearly liquid, and be easily digestible. Have the patient manipulate the affected jointoccasionally between treatments. Treat everyother day. Very few treatments will relieve the acutesymptoms. The deformities and knobby depositscan be eliminated if the treatments are givenregularly and continued long enough, and otherinstructions faithfully followed.
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FIGURE 60. INHIBITING THE SOLAR PLEXUS. With the patient on his back, knees well drawn up and arms at the sides. Make a steady pressure a little above and to the left of the navel, gradually increase the pressure and hold for one minute. THE HOUSEHOLD OSTEOPATH U3 NEURALGIA. Neuralgia is a non-inflammatory irritation tonerves, and may be caused by many things: Car-bonic acid in impoverished blood; abnormal sub-stances in the blood, like sugar in diabetes, uratesin gout, etc.; auto-poisoning from faulty diges-tion, constipation, etc.; loss of general tone, weak-ness, anaemia; decayed teeth; tumors ; irritationfrom diseases of the uterus, ovaries, bowels, etc.;mental excitement; contractured muscles press-ing on nerves, etc. Any of these causes aregreatly aggravated by recurring colds, damp-ness and atmospheric changes preceding storms. If there is any local cause or irritation, it mustbe remedied,—an ulcerated tooth, for instance. Neuralgia in any part of the body can be re-lieved by

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