Mechanical exercise as a means of cure : being a description of The Zander Institute, London (7 Soho Square), its history, appliances, scope, and object / edited by the Medical Officer to the Institution.

Date:
1883
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    even with steel supports to legs, cannot walk without help. After several months of treatment, by means of gentle muscular exercise, mechanical rubbing, &c., the patient can walk without any support, artificial or otherwise. 4. Constipation. Mrs. C, aged 33; suffering from chronic constipation. This patient having to return home, visited the institution ten or twelve times only; the bowels, however, before her depar- ture had begun to act very satisfactorily, and from a letter received afterwards the good effect had continued. This patient had tried all other means without avail. 5. Spinal curvature. Miss D., aged 14 ; case of severe lateral curvature (right side). After six months the surgeon under whose care the patient is writes, 'Improvement of spine wonderful, and general health altered in a most satisfactory manner.' This patient is now so far cured that she is about to return to school at Brighton. 6. Atony of colon, indigestion, ancemia. Mr. E., aged 45 ; suffering from fulness and weight after food, considerable flatulence, eructations, and constipation. On examination of the distended abdomen a loud splashing sound is obtained when the bowels are palpated ; some dis- tension of the stomach is also found. The patient has tried every other means known. After two months of steady treatment, by means of kneading and various exercises, the patient says ' he has never derived such benefit from any other method of treatment.' , At end of six months he went to Brazil, having gained colour, and lost nearly all his bad symptoms.