Philosophy of osteopathy / by Andrew T. Still.

  • Still, A. T. (Andrew Taylor), 1828-1917.
Date:
1899
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Credit: Philosophy of osteopathy / by Andrew T. Still. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Osteopaths well understand how to produce either stimulation or inhibition of the ganglia by way of the nerves passing to them from the spinal cord, and the results of such inhibition or stimula- tion in any sympathetic area can be prophesied readily by anyone who has read with attention what I have written; for instance, in the case of inhibi- tion in the region of the nerves supplying the super- ior cervical ganglion with nerve force, we will find, first, throughout the area of distribution of the- branches of this ganglion a relaxation of the vascu- lar walls. This will be marked by two indications, first, the skin will become flushed and moist; sec- ond salivary secretion and lachrymal secretion will be increased. Second, the vagus is now allowed full sway, and we will find slowing of the heart- beat. It is well known that pressure over the seat of the first spinal nerve for a very brief period of time will control a congestive headache; the pres- sure in such case is made only for so long time as to produce stimulation of the sympathetic to greater activity, when we will attain a vaso-constrictor ac- tion, lessen the volume of blood in the cranial cav- ity and so abolish the headache. The arteries of the body may be divided into three groups, the large, the medium-sized and the small; in the first