A primer of the art of massage for learners / by Stretch Dowse.

  • Dowse, Thomas Stretch.
Date:
1892
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Credit: A primer of the art of massage for learners / by Stretch Dowse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with slow interruptions, 'i'his may have its advantages, but I am ratlier doubtful about it. I prefer placing a flat electrode upon the spine, and moving the sponge electrode from one motor point to another. The current must be sufficiently strong to produce good muscular contraction, and independent of this the .skin should be stimulated by carrying the sponge quickly over the surface. Of course the current should be weak at first, and certainly not continued sufficiently long to induce fa- tigue. Half an hour at the utmost once a day is all that is necessary. Dr. Weir- Mitchell attaches great'importance to the value of electricity in increasing the tem- perature of the l)ody, and in his work on Fat and Blood, and How to Make them, he gives some very interesting tables showing incontestably that this is one of its effects. This, however, has loner Ijcen known, but in some exi)eri- ments made l)y myself many years ago quite confirmatory of these results, 1