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126 CASES ILLUSTRATING THE TREATMENT.
This man suffered so frightfully, that I would not have recourse
to them, unless they were absolutely necessary.
The patient was placed in the prone position, with the left leg
crossed over the right one, as in iig. 5. I then placed the last
phalanx of my thumb (the linen intervening between it and the
skin) over the great sciatic nerve just where it comes out of the
pelvis (fig. 72), and gave vibrations, during the first day for eighteen
Fig. 72.
minutes, and on" the following days for fifteen minutes. The good
effect of this procedure was quickly manifest. Treated once a day.
The active movements which I gave are shown in figs. 57, 58,
69.
The patient had no treatment on February 24th and 2otli
March 3rd, 16th, 17th, 24th, 2oth, 26th, 27th. He was thus
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