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CASES ILLUSTRATING- THE TREATMENT. 129
could not walk straight, and could not bend the back. He had
for over a year suffered more or less from rheumatism.
Progress.—After the first treatment the patient could move
freely, and the pain ceased.
Dec. I8tk. Yesterday, towards evening, the pain came back,
but was not so violent as before. After the treatment to-day, it
again ceased.
Dec. 19th. The pain did not reappear. Could jump over the
operation table after the treatment.
Dec. 20th, 21st, 22nd. The back was completely free from pain ;
all movements easy. Treatment stopped.
On the 21st, the patient complained of pain over the metatarso-
phalangeal joint of the little toe. There was a dark red swelling,
one inch long and half an inch broad, which was very tender to
the touch. During the last few days we had had very cold
weather, which had occasioned this frost-bite. After tlie treatment,
which consisted of petrissage and vibrations, the pain and the
tension were greatly diminished.
Dec. 2 2nd. N"o tension ;
pain only on strong pressure.
The patient was treated for about a quarter of an hour once a
day. The frost-bite was manipulated for a few minutes.
Xir. TEAUMATIC AND EHEUMATIC LUMBAGO.
Delise, 42 years old, working man at the Naval Arsenal, Pola,
came under my treatment on the 10th of February 1889.
The patient had, during the month of May 1888, lifted a
heavy piece of iron, and had broken down under the weight. He
then felt some pain in the lumbar region of the back. He con-
tinued working, although the pain gradually grew worse. He
also caught cold, and this, too, settled in his back. He was
in a very short time unfit for heavy labour, and only light work
was given him.
After a few weeks, in the month of June, he could not go on
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