Massage and the original Swedish movements : their application to various diseases of the body / by Kurre W. Ostrom.

  • Ostrom, Kurre Wilhelm, 1865-
Date:
1906
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Massage and the original Swedish movements : their application to various diseases of the body / by Kurre W. Ostrom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE. Introduction, I Exercise in Therapeutics, 4 Massage, 8 Massage as a Therapeutic Agent, 20 Pressing and Shaking (Vibrations), 5^ Details of Treatment, 59 Contraindications for Massage, 60 Swedish Movements, 62 Positions, . . 63 Divisions of Movements, 75 The Various Movements, 76 The Physiology of the Movement Treatment, 106 Mechanical Action of Muscles, Ill Application of Massage and the Swedish Movements to Various Diseases of the Body, I15 General Weakness, .... 116 Anemia, 116 Hysteria, I18 Chorea, Il8 Plethora, 119 Insomnia, 120 Headaches, 120 Apoplexy, 123 Tabes, 125 Neuralgia, 127 Progressive Muscular Atrophy, 128 Writer's Cramp, 129 Affections of the Respiratory Organs, 129 Catarrh of the Lungs, 130
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