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HERNIA
Many cases of recent hernia have been successfully treated by massage. The patient is placed flat on his back without headrest, so as to relax the muscles of the abdomen. We massage the muscles in a general way at first and afterwards locally, the object being to so strengthen the muscular parts around the ring that the normal retentive power is established. I have used with great satisfaction the Iodine Vasogen 7 per cent. with this treatment.
There is no use of trying manual treatment for this trouble unless the patient can be made to fully understand that he is not to stand up without his truss on.
In a severe case a surgical operation is of course necessary for a complete cure. The patient should be instructed in the useful hernia-movements recommended by Dr. George H. Taylor, of New York.
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