Remarks on the effect of resistance exercise upon the circulation in man, local and general / by T. Lauder Brunton and F.W. Tunnicliffe.

  • Brunton, Thomas Lauder, Sir, 1844-1916.
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1897
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    is greater than that caused by massage, but that the fc bse- quent fall is both greater and of longer duration. (II) General medical conclusions. (a) In cases where the heart is very feeble, so that the primary rise of blood press ire caused by even gentle exercise may interfere with its acti' . massage is the mode of treatment best adapted for restorr the circulation, (b) That when the heart is sufficiently strohg to bear the increased resistance presented to it by the primal^ rise of pressure occurring during exercise, gentle exercise is preferable to massage, inasmuch as the subsequent diminu- tion of resistance is greater in amount and of longer duration, (c) The difference between our results and those of Oertel affords a scientific basis for the practical rule which has been found so advantageous at Nauheim, namely, that the exer- cises shall not be carried to such an extent as to cause any acceleration of breathing on the part of the patient. We desire to express our thanks to Professor Mosso, of Turin, for allowing some of the above experiments to be done in his laboratory and also for his kind help in them ; also to the Scientific Grants Committee of the British Medi- cal Association for a grant towards the expenses of this research. References. 1 Ludwig’s Arbeiten, 1869. p. 77. 2 Ludwig’s Arbeiten, 1877, p. 45- 3 Ibid., p. 77, et seq. 4 Ludwig and Segellion, Heub. v. Pfeiffer's Zeitschrift, 1863, vol. xvii, 106,122. 5 Stille Variazionilocali del polsonell’ antibraccio del uomo, Torino, 1878. 6 Archiv. de Phys., 1892, p. 279. 7 La Circulation du Sang, Paris, 1881, p. 343. 8 Op. cit., p. 525. 9 Handbuch der allgemeinen Therapie der Kreislaufs-Stbrungen, Leipzig, 1891. 10 Untersuchungen iiber die durcli Muskelarbeit und Flussigkeitsaufrahme bedingten Blutdruck-Schwan- kuDgen, Deutsch. Archiv f. klin. med., Band, xlvi. 11 C. It. SociffU de Biologic, x serie, iii, 906. 12 Loc. cil. 13 Archives Italiennes de Biologie, xxiii Fasic. 1895. 14 Further details as to method with regard to the esti- mation o£ general blood pressure, and the local arterial change will be given elsewhere. 15 Journal of Physiology, vol. xvii, No. 5.