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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    PREFACE The object of this book is to present facts which demonstrate the relations of abdominal relaxation to a number of pathological condi- tions, and to show the importance of these re- lations in regard to the etiology, pathology, and therapy of diseases of the stomach, the abdomi- nal organs in general, the organs of respiration, of circulation, and the nervous system. A new phase in the study of diseases of the stomach presented itself when the significance of the splashing sound was interpreted, and the results obtained by the method of relieving atonia gastrica by means of an adhesive plaster belt have been in many respects remarkable. This belt is something more than such a support as is given by an ordinary abdominal supporter or bandage, for it exerts an effect on circulation and innervation which can only be [V]