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Title: Osteopathic first aids to the sick : written for the sick people
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Feidler, Francis John
Subjects: Osteopathic medicine Osteopathic Medicine
Publisher: New York : Broadway Publishing
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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own hard upon the delicate femaleorgans, forcing them out of their normal posi-tion, resulting in flexures, prolapsus, etc. Exces-sive jumping the rope, particularly at the begin-ning of puberty has been paid for by many yearsof misery, later in life. High heels crook thespine, pressing on nerves to the parts. Constipa-tion is a common cause of female weakness.Low neck dresses, sitting on cold steps, longtalks in the draught of half open doors, acci-dents, etc. may be the beginning of much femalemisery. Curetting the uterus, tampons, pessaries,dilators and caustic applications, so indiscrim-inately used by the average physician, are harm-ful and dangerous, and should never be per-mitted. Induced abortion wrecks the woman andmurders the child. Douches should not be usedexcept on very rare occasions, for cleanliness. When treating the lower abdomen, the patientshould have her knees drawn up, and wear aloose gown. There is no occasion for indelicateexposures. No need of local treatments.
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FIGURE 76.BENDING THE KNEES OVER THE ABDOMEN.With the patient on his back, double both his knees up overthe abdomen as shown in the illustration. For a variation, raisethe straight legs over the head. THE HOUSEHOLD OSTEOPATH 191 DISEASES OF WOMEN—PROLAPSUS, FLEXURES AND VERSIONS OF THE UTERUS. Displacements of the uterus are generallycaused by a weakened condition of the ligamentsthat sag down, permitting the uterus to dropinto the vagina or to tilt forward or backward.These ligaments can be sterengthened and theuterus lifted into its normal place if treatmentsand instructions are strictly followed. Avoid anylifting or straining. Quit wearing corsets. Use no pessaries, ordouches. Raise the ribs on both sides, fig. 47;spread the ribs, fig. 28. Give a general spinaltreatment with particular attention to any ten-der places that may be found. Raise the hipsby placing a thick pillow under them, then es-tablish a.good blood circulation by deep kneadingof the lower abdomen, fig. 53; always

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