An illustrated sketch of the movement-cure : its principles, methods and effects / by George H. Taylor.

  • Taylor, Geo. H. (George Herbert), 1821-1896.
Date:
1866
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Credit: An illustrated sketch of the movement-cure : its principles, methods and effects / by George H. Taylor. 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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    over the whole body ; the hands and feet become warm ; whatever pain may have existed disappears, or is, at least, quieted ; the pulse fallSj sometimes as much as ten, fifteen, or even more beats per minute ; the respiration becomes calmer and more profound ; and there is a great disposition to quiet- ude and rest, which should be encouraged. After treat ment, the patient throws himself upon a couch and generally goes to sleep, if he allows himself to do so, and rises refreshed, and with a feeling of renewed vigor. As the treatment progresses, the sensations experienced will vary with temperament, nature of disease, kind of pre- scription, and its usual occasional modifications. In some, there is an apparent aggravation of the affjciion. These symptoms are temporary at mos^, but generally require the prescription to be modified. Sometimes there is no seeming improvement for five or six weeks, v/hen the patient becomes suddenly conscious of a change in the pulse, skin, increase of the circumference of chest, of the motions of its walls, etc., the assurances of returning health. A part of the patients, probably a majority, in from one to three weeks from beginning regular daily treatment, become affected with headache, furred tongue, smd/everishness. These symptoms are not generally very severe, though occasionally they confine the patient for two or three days to the house. Even vomiting and diarrhoea may occur at these times, with- out other apparent cause than the disturbance produced by the treatment. Bronchial catarrh is an occasional symptom, and so are eruptions of the skin. These critical symptoms may be avoided by moderation of treatment ; but, to some, they afford encouragement in the conviction which such pa- tients might otherwise be disposed to resist, that a beneficial change is occurring in the physiological system. The most rational cause for the occurrence of these symp- toms, appears to be the greatly increased action of the venous absorption, which is induced throughout the system by the