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CASES ILLUSTRATING THE TREATMENT. 125
soon passed away. When he walks upstairs, he feels rather
weak in the gluteal muscles on the left side.
March llih. Previous day walked about a good deal; also
down two flights of stairs and up again. He still felt the
weakness in the gluteal region, but the pain did not return.
March 18th. On Saturday he had paid a visit to his own
house, where he remained over Sunday. He felt well all the
time. Has only a kind of prickling in the calf, after walking
for some hours. The weakness in the gluteal region is now so
unimportant as to cause scarcely any trouble at all.
March 19th. Walked about in town for six hours yesterday;
part of the time up hill ; no bad consequences ;
slept well ; felt
no weakness in the gluteal region. The muscles have regained
their firmness and tone.
March ’22nd. Walked six hours on the 20th, seven hours on
the 21st, on both occasions partly in rain, without any bad
results.
March 23rd. Caught cold again, when the left leg was seized
with trembling, and he felt slight pain in the gluteal region and
the popliteal space. This quickly passed away when he had
rested a little, and this morning he was as well as ever.
March 28th. Has had no treatment since the 23rd. Has
every day walked from seven to nine hours, and felt well all
the time. The branch of the arsenal with which he is con-
nected is the waterwork department, and this necessitates much
walking, as his workmen are posted not only in different parts of
the building, but also in the town as well. This day I treated
him for the last time. I met him since in the town, and he told
me he felt well. One day he had even had to walk eleven hours.
Treatment.—As I had observed the great effect produced in
cases of traumatic and rheumatic lumbago by vibrations over the
most painful places, I decided to adopt this form of treatment
here, and to try it on its own merits. In the first of the two
cases of sciatica mentioned above, and previously, I had always
used frictions, but they give more pain at the time of application.
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