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22 PASSIVE MOVEMENTS:
to try canything of that kind. As the baby’s condition on tlie
third evening had not changed for the better, and all the
medical resources at my friend’s disposal, down to soap sup-
positories, were at an end, his aversion to my proposal passed
away, and he even asked me to do what I could. I simply
gave light petrissage of the descending colon for about one
minute, without the child making the slightest sound ; but I
daresay it would have been different, if I had bent my fingers
and worked more with their tips. The bowels acted very well
during the night, and no further treatment was necessary.
The left hand is often used to support the right, and then the
tips of its fingers are placed on the last phalangeal joint, and its
palmar surface close to the back of the right hand.
For the Kidneys.
"We generally treat both at the same time. The abdominal
wall must be very relaxed, as we need to bring the hand deep
down before the manipulation can be begun.
The knees are bent somewhat more than in fig. 6. The
Fig. 9.
thumbs are placed and kept steady on the abdominal wall, on
places corresponding to the situations of the kidneys, just below
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