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GASES ILLUSTRATING THE TREATMENT. 123
nerve where it passes between the great trochanter and the tuber
ischii. The nerve was followed in its course as far down as
the popliteal space, and frictions were also given over the
sensory branches coming out through the posterior sacral
foramina.
For the muscular weakness I employed petrissage and the
other passive and active movements shown in figs. 69-71.
For the eyes, I gave vibrations over them ; frictions and
vibrations on the sensory branches of the fifth nerve coming out
round the orbit ; and lastly, frictions on the eye itself. (Figs.
33, 39.)
IX. SCIATICA.
J. Slobec, foreman at the Pola N"aval Arsenal, 47 years old,
caught a severe cold on the 5th February 1889. He was
obliged to take to his bed for pain in his left leg, and remained
under treatment at home for a fortnight. Then he was transferred
to the hospital, and on the 22 nd of the same month he came under
my care.
The patient was very tall, looked haggard and thin, and the
cheeks were sunken in. He suffered from intense pain in the
left leg. It started from the gluteal region, and went right down
to the heel and the sole of the foot.
The pain continued constantly through day and night. He
was unable to obtain sleep.
He could not stand on his left foot, but kept it forwards,
touching the ground only with the toes ; and he held the knee
bent, the gluteal region drawn in.
Neither could he draw himself up to his usual height. The
pain grew worse on standing. He could only walk with the
greatest difficulty from the ward to the operation room, and then
he needed a stick in one hand, and an ambulance man to steady
him up on the other side. He took very small steps
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