id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 16230 Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir) Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria .txt text/plain 46748 2203 71 forms of diet, rest in bed, massage (or manipulation), and electricity; cases was made up of rest, massage, electricity, and over-feeding. patients at rest for great or small lengths of time, but the person who In carrying out my general plan of treatment in extreme cases it is my habit to ask the patient to remain in bed from six weeks to two months. If now we ask ourselves why massage does good in cases of absolute rest, In a case of albuminuria from exercise, W.W. Keen has shown that massage did not cause the return of the albumin is usually a gain, while in most rest cases an exclusive milk diet may I add two cases in illustration of the use of rest, milk, and massage Two months' rest with the usual treatment brought her weight up to one This case was in one way favorable for treatment: the patient, an ./cache/16230.txt ./txt/16230.txt