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36 PASSIVE MOVEMENTS:
Shaking of the Larynx and upper part of the
Trachea.
The tips of the fingers are placed on one side of the thyroid
cartilage, and the thumb on the other (fig. 24).
The shaking is made sideways. This movement has little
effect on the larynx itself, which moves as a whole, but acts
more particularly on the part of the trachea below it, as the
Fig. 24.
wave motion passes downwards. It is therefore of use in croup
and affections of the upper part of the trachea.
If, retaining the same position of the hand, and passing it
downwards, we make a similar side movement, we act more
du-ectly on the trachea itself ; and the nearer we approach the
sternum the more deeply into the chest is this movement pro-
pagated.
Instead of grasping the trachea, we may place two or more
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