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Fi’TBISSAGR 21
for the colon and rectum, the kidneys, and above the pubic
arch.
For the Colon and Rectum.
Petrissage is here mostly given for constipation. There are
especially two places to which our attention must be directed,
viz. the sigmoid flexure of the colon and the splenic flexure of
the colon. We begin the movement as far down in the pelvis
as possible, and gradually pass upwards. Each individual
kneading always goes from above downwards in the line of
the intestine. The fingers are to be flexed only at the
Fig. 8.
raetacarpo-phalangeal joint, because if the fingers are bent the
manipulation becomes pointed and painful, we cannot get down
deep enough, and the kneading character is lost. As illustrative
of this treatment, I may mention a case of constipation in a
baby between three and four weeks old, which I had under my
care while staying with a friend in Sweden last autumn. For
two days medical applications had been tried, when I suggested
to my friend, that his baby would not get well until [
had given it some petrissage of the abdomen. He gave me a
look that clearly indicated that he was not likely to allow me
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