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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
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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uce sleep. Live outdoors as much as possible, but indulgein no violent exercise. Be indolent and slow ofmotion; but, on the other hand, do not be con-tinually sitting. Do something, but do it quietlyand deliberately. Slow walking is always goodand wholesome. Diet should be liberal and frequent, and shouldconsist of foods containing sugar and starch. Allvegetables that grow under ground, also corn,beans, peas, and pumpkin; all fruits served withsugar; all kinds of farinaceous foods, macaroni,rice, sago, puddings, desserts, cakes, milk, cream,ice cream and oysters. Any special part of the body, as the neck orbreasts, can be developed by a daily inunction ofa tablespoonful scented cod liver oil for eachbreast, massaged into the skin with the hand,using a circular motion, until it is completely ab-sorbed, leaving no greasy surface. If daily prac-ticed, a decided plumping will be noticed in amonth. But the effect is only transient, the in-unction of the cod liver oil, or cocoa butter, must
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FIGURE 6QTREATING THE POPLITEAL SPACE.With the patient on his back, thoroughly work the tissues bencath the bent knee for two minutes. THE. HOUSEHOLD OSTEOPATH 167 be kept up to retain the plump form. Perma-nent development of any part of the body canbe accomplished by following the regimen as toliving, and by judicious and systematic exerciseand manipulations. Any part of the body canthus be built up and strengthened. Prize fightersunderstand this, but it takes time, and all otherconditions as to manner of living must be strictlyand persistently adhered to. For a building uptreatment, take the spinal tonic, fig. 51, threetimes per week. HEMORRHAGES FROM LUNGS, STOM-ACH, THROAT, MOUTH AND CUTS.Blood from the arteries flows with forciblespurts, and is bright scarlet in color. Blood fromveins flows in a continuous stream, and is darkor purple in color. Blood from the lungs is scarlet and frothy.Blood from the stomach is dark in color, maybe mixed with food, sometimes is coagulated, orlo

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