An account of the means by which Admiral Henry, of Rolvenden in Kent, has cured the rheumatism, a tendency to gout, the tic douloureuse, the cramp, and other disorders, and by which a cataract in the eye was removed : with engravings of the instruments made use of in the several operations practised by Admiral Henry.

Date:
1816
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Credit: An account of the means by which Admiral Henry, of Rolvenden in Kent, has cured the rheumatism, a tendency to gout, the tic douloureuse, the cramp, and other disorders, and by which a cataract in the eye was removed : with engravings of the instruments made use of in the several operations practised by Admiral Henry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    INTRODUCTION. It is well known, that various modes friction, or operating’ on the skin and muscles, are prac- tised in different countries. In Europe, the outside of the skin is rubbed with a flesh brush, or with gloves made of hair, or coarse woollen yarn ; sometimes accompanied by fumigations. In the East Indies, friction with the hand, or what is called champouing, is generally prac- tised ; and the skin and muscles are pinched by the fingers of the operator, with a view of ren- dering them flexible. A similar plan has like- wise been adopted by Mr. Grosvenor of Oxford. But these operations are but slight and trifling, compared to those which have been practised by Admiral Henry. The author of this little tract is well aware, that such,plans as those which he proposes to describe, are liable to ridicule, are not likely to have many imitators, and indeed ouglit not to be tried without precaution, particularly by those with inflammatory constitutions. But lie will be amply recompensed for any trouble lie may have had, in collecting the information herein contained, if the hints he publishes, should prove serviceable to a single individual, more espe- cially of the poorer classes of the community,