Identifier: osteopathycomple00elme (find matches)
Title: Osteopathy Complete
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Elmer De Vergne Barber
Subjects: Osteopathic Medicine
Publisher: Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ut 32). 4. Place the patient on the face; with the thumbson each side of the spine, beginning at the second lumbarvertebra, press rather hard, moving the muscles upward;move the thumbs down one inch, and repeat until you havereached the second sacral vertebra; being very careful towork thoroughly and deeply on each side of and a little belowthe last lumbar vertebra, as it is here the trouble is usuallyfound. Here also is found the seat of kidney disease and femaletroubles. It is noticeable in those cases that the patientusually has a weak back, and it has been demonstratedbeyond the shadow of a doubt that, working on these princi-ples, not only the back, but the accompanying disorders, canbe entirely cured. Of the many cases of lumbago treated by us, we willmention that of a gentleman of Baxter Springs, Kansas. Hewas assisted into our office, and told how, ten years before,he was afflicted in a similar manner, being bedfast for sixmonths and on crutches two years. We gave him a treat-
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Cut 31.—lyumbago.

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