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.

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    paper, which are to cover the whole of the lower abdomen, to meet in the median line and on all sides project two centimeters above the bony borders. From this model two leaden wings are manufactured, covered with cloth and placed upon the patient's abdomen and every- where firmly adjusted by the hand, after bringing the kidney to its normal condition. To a long, well-fitting corset, drawn over these leaden wings, these wings are fastened. Adjustment and removal of this bandage are to be done in the recumbent position. The flexible lead readily assumes the shape of the abdominal surface, and thus exercises equable pressure upon the whole surface of that part of the body. Hence the weight is not greatly felt. The author claims to have achieved permanent fixation of the kidney to its normal site inside of three or four months. Rose, Rosewater, and Schmitz stand for the principle that imperfect activity of the abdomi- nal muscles is to be compensated by adhesive plaster, and each one of the three authors named endeavored in his own manner to make practical application of this principle. [203:]