Atonia gastrica (abdominal relaxation) / by Achilles Rose, M.D. and Robert Coleman Kemp, M.D.

  • Rose, Achilles, 1839-1916.
Date:
1905
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Credit: Atonia gastrica (abdominal relaxation) / by Achilles Rose, M.D. and Robert Coleman Kemp, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    compared to that of a plaster-of-Paris dressing in cases of fracture or arthritis. It is an established fact now that not only anomalous motoric functions, but also secretory disorders of the stomach may be corrected by this simple means. By its effect on circulation and innervation it will relieve dysmenorrhea and pain in cases of cholelithiasis. During the short time the method has been adopted a number of indications for its employ- ment have been discovered, and many more will be found by further obser\^ations, for there can be no doubt that it is most important to restore the tonus of the abdominal muscles in many gynecological affections, especially in cases of uterine hemorrhage, and for this purpose no bet- ter means can be imagined than the abdominal belt of adhesive plaster. Again, the early treatment of gastroptosia by means of this belt may prove a prophylactic against the occurrence of different forms of ab- dominal or inguinal hernia, as it is certainly a most rational prophylactic against the forma- tion of gall-stones. [vi]