Massage and Remedial Exercises (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Massage and Remedial Exercises: In Medical and Surgical Conditions 2
Copyright Page 3
Table of Contents 10
Dedication 4
PREFACE 6
CHAPTER I. FRACTURES: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 14
PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT 17
MANIPULATIONS AND MOVEMENTS COMMONLY REQUIRED AT VARIOUS STAGES OF AN AVERAGE FRACTURE 19
CHAPTER II. FRACTURES OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY 22
THE CLAVICLE 22
THE SCAPULA 24
THE HUMERUS 26
THE ULNA 31
THE RADIUS 34
BONES OF THE WRIST AND HAND 38
VOLKMANN'S ISCHEMIC CONTRACTURE 39
CHAPTER III. FRACTURES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY 42
THE FEMUR 42
THE PATELLA 47
THE TIBIA 50
THE FIBULA 52
TIBIA AND FIBULA 54
THE BONES OF THE FOOT 55
RE-EDUCATION IN WALKING 57
CHAPTER IV. DISLOCATIONS 59
I. DISLOCATIONS OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY 60
II. DISLOCATIONS OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY 67
CHAPTER V. SPRAINS: MUSCLE INJURIES: WOUNDS AND SCARS 75
I. SPRAINS 75
II. RUPTUREORINJURY OF MUSCLES 77
III. WOUNDS AND SCARS 80
CHAPTER VI. TREATMENT OF THE AFTER-EFFECTS OF INJURY: STIFF JOINTS 83
STIFF SHOULDER 83
STIFF ELBOW AND SUPERIOR RADIO-ULNAR JOINT 88
STIFFWRIST, HAND, AND FINGERS 90
STIFF 
93 
STIFF 
94 
STIFF 
95 
CHAPTER VII. DISEASES OF JOINTS, SYNOVIAL MEMBRANES, AND BONES 99
I. DISEASES OF JOINTS: SYNOVITIS AND ARTHRITIS 99
II. DISEASES OF SYNOVIAL 
110 
III. DISEASES OF BONE: OSTEOMYELITIS, PERIOSTITIS 114
CHAPTER VIII. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 117
ETIOLOGY OF NERVOUS 
117 
PATHOLOGY 117
CLASSIFICATION 126
CHAPTER IX. DISEASES OF THE MOTOR NEURONS 127
I. LESIONS OF THE UPPER MOTOR 
127 
II. LESIONS OF THE LOWER MOTOR 
137 
CHAPTER X. DISEASES OF THE SENSORY NEURONS 147
TABES 
147 
SYRINGOMYELIA 155
CHAPTER XI. OTHER DISEASES OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD 156
PARALYSIS 
156 
ENCEPHALITIS 
157 
CEREBELLAR 
158 
DISSEMINATED 
160 
COMBINED 
162 
FRIEDREICH'S 
163 
TRANSVERSE 
164 
CHOREA 165
CHAPTER XII. LESIONS OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES 171
I. NERVE 
171 
II. NERVE 
183 
III. WINGED 
186 
IV. FACIAL 
187 
V. OPERATIONS ON 
189 
CHAPTER XIII. NEURITIS AND NEURALGIA. CRAMP 192
I. NEURITIS AND NEURALGIA 192
II. CRAMP 204
CHAPTER XIV. FUNCTIONAL NERVOUS DISEASES 206
NEURASTHENIA 206
HYSTERIA 210
SPASMODIC 
213 
OCCUPATION 
214 
EPILEPSY 216
CHAPTER XV. DISEASES OF MUSCLE 218
THE DYSTROPHIES 218
AMYOTONIA 
221 
THOMSEN'S 
221 
MYASTHENIA 
222 
CHAPTER XVI. DEFORMITIES OF THE UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES 223
I. DEFORMITIES OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY 224
II. DEFORMITIES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY 228
CHAPTER XVII. DEFORMITIES OF THE SPINE 266
I. ANTERO-POSTERIOR 
266 
II. LATERAL 
274 
III. POTT'S 
292 
CHAPTER XVIII. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES 296
CHRONIC RHEUMATISM OF JOINTS 296
RHEUMATISM OF MUSCLE 
297 
MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM 299
RICKETS 302
GOUT 306
DIABETES MELLITUS 308
OBESITY 311
CHAPTER XIX. DISEASES OF THE HEART 316
PHYSIOLOGY 316
I. PERICARDITIS 318
II. DISEASE OF THE ENDOCARDIUM: VALVULAR DISEASE OF THE HEART 319
III. DISEASE OF THE 
330 
IV. DISORDERS OF THE CARDIAC 
333 
CHAPTER XX. DISEASES OF BLOOD AND LYMPH-VESSELS 336
I. DISEASES OF THE ARTERIES 336
II. DISEASES OF THE VEINS 340
Ill. OBSTRUCTION OF LYMPHATICS: OEDEMA 346
CHAPTER XXI. BLOOD DISEASES 348
ANAEMIA 348
CHLOROSIS 348
PERNICIOUS 
351 
PLETHORA 352
HAEMOPHILIA 353
PURPURA 354
CHAPTER XXII. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS 355
I. DISEASES OF THE NOSE AND THROAT 355
II. DISEASES OF THE BRONCHI 358
III. DISEASES OF THE LUNGS 365
IV. DISEASES OF THE PLEURA 375
V. EXAMPLES OF BREATHING 
381 
CHAPTER XXIII. ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC CONDITIONS 386
I. ABDOMINAL 
386 
II. PELVIC 
416 
INDEX 427