Paralysis and other affections of the nerves: their cure by transmitted energy and special movements / by Geo. H. Taylor.

  • Taylor, Geo. H. (George Herbert), 1821-1896.
Date:
[1880]
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Credit: Paralysis and other affections of the nerves: their cure by transmitted energy and special movements / by Geo. H. Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tudiiial axis of the extremity. The motion is reciprocating or alternating in opposite direc- tions ; it may be continued uninterruptedly for several minutes, or till the desired effect is pro- duced, which depends on the condition of the system. The j)atieut may be either in a sitting or reclining position, with one leg or arm ex- tended for the action of the apparatus. This motion, or method of expending force, produces mechanical attrition between the ulti- mate anatomical elements of which the extrem- ity is composed; it also produces alternate slight pressure and relaxation of these constit- uent parts in rapid succession. In the second method of vibrating, the per- son subjected to the operation rests in a lying position upon the apparatus, which has the general aj^pearance of a couch, and some se- lected point of the under portion of tlie body is subjected to the rapid but very light strokes of the instrument operating from beneath, the patient being situated so as to adjust the im- pinging force and to render it perfectly agree- able to his feelings. Tlie immediate mechanical effect consists of a rapid series of vibratory waves, whose de-