The practice of surgery / by James Gregory Mumford.

  • Mumford, James Gregory, 1863-1914.
Date:
1914
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Credit: The practice of surgery / by James Gregory Mumford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    positively the presence of a hysteric joint; or it may be of a neurasthenic spine. It is needless here to discuss in detail the complex and extensive subject of treatment for hysteric joints. Treatment largely is general and moral—the building up of health, the improvement of the appetite, the regulation of functions, and the bringing of the patient to a realiza¬ tion of her true condition. In addition we prescribe such common¬ place factors in right living as an open-air life; cold bathing; exercise; regular meals, and abundance of sleep. Massage is often of great benefit, and the search for and pursuance of a congenial and useful occupation.